Looking for help: what’s the opposite of counterfactual reasoning—in other words: when EAs encourage counterfactual reasoning, what do they discourage?
I ask because I’m writing about good epistemic practices and mindsets. I am trying to structure my writing as a list of opposites (scout mindset vs soldier mindset, numerical vs verbal reasoning, etc).
Would it be correct to say that in the case of counterfactual reasoning there is no real opposite? Rather, the appropriate contrast is: “counterfactual reasoning done well vs. counterfactual reasoning done badly”?
Looking for help: what’s the opposite of counterfactual reasoning—in other words: when EAs encourage counterfactual reasoning, what do they discourage?
I ask because I’m writing about good epistemic practices and mindsets. I am trying to structure my writing as a list of opposites (scout mindset vs soldier mindset, numerical vs verbal reasoning, etc).
Would it be correct to say that in the case of counterfactual reasoning there is no real opposite? Rather, the appropriate contrast is: “counterfactual reasoning done well vs. counterfactual reasoning done badly”?