Why Would We Use Counterfactual Reasoning

question 77

Multiple Choice

Why would we use counterfactual reasoning?

• A) to determine the level of correlation between facts
• B) to understand facts that occur in the same context but may not be necessarily linked
• C) to connect events in sequence to identify cause and effect
• D) to test claims for causality by asking what might have happened if one event had not occurred

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