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  2. Counterfactual history - Wikipedia

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    Counterfactual history is neither historical revisionism nor alternate history.. Counterfactual history distinguishes itself through its interest in the very incident that is being negated by the counterfactual, thus seeking to evaluate the event's relative historical importance.

  3. Varieties of criticism - Wikipedia

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    Speculative criticism usually occurs in the absence of (enough) evidence that would decide an issue. It goes "beyond the facts", because the facts available (if any) are not conclusive. Thus, speculative criticisms usually occur when things are either not certain, definite or fixed (yet), or when multiple different meanings are possible.

  4. Speculation - Wikipedia

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    Speculative hedge funds that do fundamental analysis "are far more likely than other investors to try to identify a firm's off-balance-sheet exposures" including "environmental or social liabilities present in a market or company but not explicitly accounted for in traditional numeric valuation or mainstream investor analysis". Hence, they make ...

  5. Investing vs. speculating: What’s the difference? - AOL

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    Speculative assets are the kinds of things that legendary investor Warren Buffett steers clear of. Comparing an investment vs. speculative mindset. The line between investing and speculating can ...

  6. Counterfactual thinking - Wikipedia

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    Tshilidzi Marwala introduced rational counterfactual which is a counterfactual that, given the factual, maximizes the attainment of the desired consequent. For an example, suppose a factual statement: She forgot to set her alarm, and consequently, was late. Its counterfactual would be: If she had set the alarm, she would have been on time. The ...

  7. Philosophy of history - Wikipedia

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    Philosophy of history is the philosophical study of history and its discipline. [1] The term was coined by the French philosopher Voltaire. [2]In contemporary philosophy a distinction has developed between the speculative philosophy of history and the critical philosophy of history, now referred to as analytic.

  8. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Science Fantasy or Sci-Fan, is a hybrid genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy.[1] In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as being scientifically logical, while a conventional fantasy story contains mostly supernatural and ...

  9. Fiction - Wikipedia

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    For instance, speculative fiction may depict an entirely imaginary universe or one in which the laws of nature do not strictly apply (often, the sub-genre of fantasy). Or, it depicts true historical moments, except that they have concluded in a completely imaginary way or been followed by major new events that are completely imaginary (the ...