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    It is not the case that If the conditional's truth is indexed to actual co-obtaining states rather than all possible worlds, the negation of the consequent in counterfactual antecedent-conditions does not contradict the original proposition.

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    • 1.Counterfactual conditionals are standardly analyzed via possible-worlds semantics, where truth depends on consequents holding in accessible antecedent-worlds.
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    • 2.Indexing conditional truth only to actual states leaves counterfactuals without truth-conditions when antecedents and consequents diverge from reality.
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    • 3.The view conflates contradicting what happened with contradicting what the original proposition claims, creating equivocation about scope of negation.
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    • 1.Counterfactuals describe non-actual scenarios, so indexing truth to actual states avoids false contradictions between actual facts and hypothetical denials.
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    • 2.Material conditionals evaluated at actual-world truth-values alone better preserve logical consistency when antecedents are counterfactually false.
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    • 3.Restricting truth-conditions to co-obtaining actual states prevents vacuous truth of conditionals with impossible antecedents, improving logical utility.
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