An argument for conjunction conditionalization
An argument for conjunction conditionalization
Are counterfactuals with true antecedents and consequents automatically true? That is, is Conjunction Conditionalization: (X ? Y) ? (X > Y) valid? Stalnaker and Lewis think so, but many others disagree. We note here that the extant arguments for Conjunction Conditionalization are unpersuasive, before presenting a family of more compelling arguments. These arguments rely on some standard theorems of the logic of counterfactuals as well as a plausible and popular semantic claim about certain semifactuals. Denying Conjunction Conditionalization, then, requires rejecting other aspects of the standard logic of counterfactuals or else our intuitive picture of semifactuals
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Walters, Lee
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Williams, J.R.G.
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25 November 2013
Walters, Lee
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Williams, J.R.G.
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Walters, Lee and Williams, J.R.G.
(2013)
An argument for conjunction conditionalization.
The Review of Symbolic Logic, 6, .
(doi:10.1017/S1755020313000191).
Abstract
Are counterfactuals with true antecedents and consequents automatically true? That is, is Conjunction Conditionalization: (X ? Y) ? (X > Y) valid? Stalnaker and Lewis think so, but many others disagree. We note here that the extant arguments for Conjunction Conditionalization are unpersuasive, before presenting a family of more compelling arguments. These arguments rely on some standard theorems of the logic of counterfactuals as well as a plausible and popular semantic claim about certain semifactuals. Denying Conjunction Conditionalization, then, requires rejecting other aspects of the standard logic of counterfactuals or else our intuitive picture of semifactuals
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Published date: 25 November 2013
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