A Philosophical Guide to Conditionals

Conditionals are of two basic kinds, often called ‘indicative’ and ‘subjunctive’. This book expounds and evaluates the main literature about each kind. It eventually defends the view of Adams and Edgington that indicatives are devices for expressing subjective probabilities, and the view of Stalnake...

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Main Author Bennett, Jonathan
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Clarendon Press 2003
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Edition1
Subjects
Conditionals (Logic)
Language and languages
Logic
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
Stalnaker
Adams
probability
philosophy of language
possible worlds
Edgington
Goodman
material conditionals
Lewis
subjunctive
indicative conditionals
conditionals
metaphysics
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Summary:Conditionals are of two basic kinds, often called ‘indicative’ and ‘subjunctive’. This book expounds and evaluates the main literature about each kind. It eventually defends the view of Adams and Edgington that indicatives are devices for expressing subjective probabilities, and the view of Stalnaker and Lewis that subjunctives are statements about close possible worlds. But it also discusses other views, e.g. that indicatives are really material conditionals, and Goodman's approach to subjunctives.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-379) and indexes
ISBN:019153174X
9780191531743
9780199258871
0199258872
9780199258864
0199258864
DOI:10.1093/0199258872.001.0001