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| Subjunctive conditionals: Subjunctive conditionals are conditional sentences that express what would happen if a condition were met, but the condition is not true or is unlikely to be true. They are also known as counterfactual conditionals. See also Counterfactual conditionals, Counterfactuals._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Logic Texts on Subjunctive Conditionals - Dictionary of Arguments
Read III 86f Subjunctive conditionals/counterfactual conditionals/Read: e.g. assuming the pound is devalued, but the recession still continues. >Counterfactual conditional. Is this sufficient to confirm the claim that the recession will continue when the pound is not devalued? This should be the case according to the truth-functional representation. But the conditional sentence suggests a closer connection between the front and rear links. But we now see that such a connection may not exist at all. Therefore, there is doubt as to whether the truth-functional representation is correct. >Truth-functional semantics. III 94 Conditional sentences are not truth-functional. >Conditional. III 108 ff E.g. by David Lewis: If Bizet and Verdi had been compatriots, Bizet would be Italian and If Bizet and Verdi had been compatriots, Bizet would not be Italian. Stalnaker: one or the other must be true. Lewis: Both are wrong. (Because only subjunctive conditional sentences are not truth-functional). The indicative sentences would be quite acceptable in the mouths of those whose nationality is unknown. Besides, there is no most similar world here. >Similarity metrics, >Bizet-Verdi case. III 109 Stalnaker: Sstalnakers's semantics installs a different assumption, namely, that there is always at least one most similar world. >Possible world/Stalnaker._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Logic Texts Me I Albert Menne Folgerichtig Denken Darmstadt 1988 HH II Hoyningen-Huene Formale Logik, Stuttgart 1998 Re III Stephen Read Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 Sal IV Wesley C. Salmon Logic, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1973 - German: Logik Stuttgart 1983 Sai V R.M.Sainsbury Paradoxes, Cambridge/New York/Melbourne 1995 - German: Paradoxien Stuttgart 2001 Re III St. Read Thinking About Logic: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic. 1995 Oxford University Press German Edition: Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27