 On the other hand, we are good at evaluating counterfactuals, or at least some counterfactuals, and we are especially good at evaluating those counterfactuals that we entertain in contexts of choice, when we ask questions about the causal upshots of our contemplated actions. (What would happen if… I struck this match, put my finger in the fire, threw this rock at that window, raised my hand?) And when we contemplate our options, we take for granted the existence of many facts—including facts about the laws and the past.