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====Context dependence and vagueness==== Counterfactuals are ''context dependent'' and ''[[vague]]''. For example, either of the following statements can be reasonably held true, though not at the same time:<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=David |date=1979 |title=Counterfactual dependence and time's arrow |journal=NoΓ»s |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=455β476 |doi=10.2307/2215339 |jstor=2215339 |s2cid=53585654 |quote=Counterfactuals are infected with vagueness, as everyone agrees.}}</ref> # If [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] had been in command in Korea, he would have [[Korean War#U.S. threat of atomic warfare|used the atom bomb]]. # If Caesar had been in command in Korea, he would have used catapults.
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