Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ejercicio contrafatico
English translation:
counterfactual analysis/ a merely theoretical exercise
Added to glossary by
Cecilia Della Croce
Sep 25, 2004 20:46
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
ejercicio contrafatico
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
In the following sentence in an article about education in Argentina:
"En que' medida influyo' esto en el desarrollo cuantitativo de las escuelas privadas es casi un ejercicio contrafa'tico."
"En que' medida influyo' esto en el desarrollo cuantitativo de las escuelas privadas es casi un ejercicio contrafa'tico."
Proposed translations
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Cecilia Della Croce
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Proposed translations
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counterfactual
supongo que es contrafáctico
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Note added at 2004-09-26 13:46:07 (GMT)
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would be a mere theoretical exercise/ would be nothing more than a theoretical analysis
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Note added at 2004-09-27 22:50:10 (GMT) Post-grading
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Glad it helped!
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Note added at 2004-09-26 13:46:07 (GMT)
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would be a mere theoretical exercise/ would be nothing more than a theoretical analysis
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Note added at 2004-09-27 22:50:10 (GMT) Post-grading
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Glad it helped!
Peer comment(s):
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Ltemes
: bravo!
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Gracias y saludos!
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Marina Torroja
: si, me imagino que alguien se le resbaló el dedo
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Gracias, Marín
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Xenia Wong
: Asi es,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Thanx again, Xenia
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Paula Morabito
: Sin embargo, la noción del pasado probable y del futuro aleatorio ha comenzado a ser utilizada en la filosofía de la ciencia para la investigación histórica, por la tendencia denominada Historia Contingente o Análisis Contrafáctico (counterfactual) [2].
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Gracias, Paula
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ceciliar
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Gracias, Tocaya
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "The explanation was good. I went with "mereley a theoretical exercise." Thanks"
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