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Latin phrase
Ceteris paribus is a Latin phrase, meaning "other things equal"; some other English translations of the phrase are "all other things being equal", "other things held constant", "all else unchanged", and "all else being equal". A statement about a causal, empirical, moral, or logical relation between two states of affairs is ceteris paribus if it is acknowledged that the statement, although usually accurate in expected conditions, can fail because of, or the relation can be abolished by, intervening factors. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Ceteris paribusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Modelling Ceteris Paribus Preferences with Deontic LogicInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: SuperclassThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: CP-nets: A Tool for Representing and Reasoning withConditional Ceteris Paribus Preference StatementsCited 449 times
- Go sideways: Partial equilibriumA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Aggregation problemA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
CP-nets: A Tool for Representing and Reasoning withConditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements
When Other Things Aren't Equal: Saving Ceteris Paribus Laws from Vacuity
Everything Else Being Equal: A Modal Logic for Ceteris Paribus Preferences
CETERIS PARIBUS, THERE IS NO PROBLEM OF PROVISOS
Ceteris Paribus Laws
Who's Afraid of Ceteris-Paribus Laws? Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Them
Ceteris Paribus Post
Prima Facie Obligations, Ceteris Paribus Laws in Moral Theory
🆕 Influential since 2022
Modelling Ceteris Paribus Preferences with Deontic Logic
Unveiling dynamics of nitrogen content and selected nitrogen heterocycles in thrombin inhibitors: a ceteris paribus approach
Ceteris Paribus Laws and the Concept of Capacity in the Philosophy of Science of Nancy Cartwright
The truth will set you free (ceteris paribus): incorporating prescriptive power in the rational judgement of theory
Is COVID-19 Care Better in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals,Ceteris Paribus?
📚 Books worth reading
SuperclassDavid J. Rothkopf · 2008- 📕Metaphysics of Ceteris Paribus LawsMarkus A. Schrenk · 2007
- 📕Coram paribusEdward F. J. Tucker · 1986
Ceteris paribus lawsJohn Earman, Clark N. Glymour · 2002
Ceterus Paribus LawsJohn Earman · 2011- 📕Einleitung zum Lehns-ProcessJakob Friedrich Ludovici · 1718
- 📕Unfated MatesLexie Talionis · 2022
Dreams of LetheLexie Talionis · 2022
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🔗 Related topics
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