Counterfactual vs Apocryphal - What's the difference?
counterfactual | apocryphal |
Contrary to the facts; untrue.
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A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
(philosophy) A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false, as "If I had arrived on time . . ."."
* 1952', B. J. Diggs, "VI.—'''Counterfactual Conditionals," ''Mind , vol. 61, no. 244, page 513:
Of, or pertaining to, the .
Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.
Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.
As adjectives the difference between counterfactual and apocryphal
is that counterfactual is contrary to the facts; untrue while apocryphal is of or relating to the apocrypha.As a noun counterfactual
is a claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.counterfactual
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(wikipedia counterfactual)Adjective
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(en noun)counterfactual" in A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names'' (Garth Kemerling, 1997-2002)''Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
- In recent years there has been increasing discussion of the "problem of counterfactuals ". One way of formulating this problem is as follows: "What is meant when one asserts a conditional statement, the antecedent of which is contrary to fact?"
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal .
- There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.