November 11, 2005
A Philosophy Course Explores the Question of 'What If ...'
Exactly what would have happened if Hitler had not been appeased in 1938, if the South had won the Civil War, if JFK had not been assassinated? By the end of the semester, students in Noel Hendrickson's class, "Counterfactual Reasoning," should be able to tell you.
The visiting assistant professor's new philosophy course at James Madison University centers on the favorite question of dreamers and science-fiction writers: What if?
The course applies philosophy and logic to the
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