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Narrative possibility and narrative explanation
Authors:John Beatty
Institution:1. Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, United States;2. Department of History, Durham University, United Kingdom
Abstract:Narratives are about not only what actually happened, but also what might have. And narrative explanations make productive use of these unrealized possibilities. I discuss narrative explanation as a form of counterfactual, difference-making explanation, with a demanding qualification: the counterfactual conditions are historically or narratively (not merely logically or physically) possible. I consider these issues in connection with literary, historical and scientific narratives.
Keywords:Narrative explanation  Counterfactual explanation  Contingency  Branching time  Historical or narrative possibility  Historical or narrative counterfactuals  Sideshadowing  Disnarration  Virtual narratives
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