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A Philosophical Guide to Conditionals
Bennett, Jonathan
formerly Professor of Philosophy, Syracuse University
Print publication date: 2003 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925887-1
doi:10.1093/0199258872.003.0020
20 Support Theories
Jonathan Bennett
Detailed exposition and evaluation of Goodman's approach to subjunctive conditionals. The cotenability problem is shown to be an amalgam of two problems: about causal contraposition and about logical cleansing. Solutions by Parry are expounded, with help from Pollock's notion of a simple proposition.
Keywords:
causal contraposition
,
conditionals
,
cotenability
,
Goodman
,
logical cleansing
,
Parry
,
Pollock
,
simple proposition
,
subjunctive conditionals
doi:10.1093/0199258872.003.0020
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Contents
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Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Material Conditional: Grice
3 The Material Conditional: Jackson
4 The Equation
5 The Equation Attacked
6 The Subjectivity of Indicative Conditionals
7 Indicative Conditionals Lack Truth Values
8 Uses of Indicative Conditionals
9 The Logic of Indicative Conditionals
10 Subjunctive Conditionals—First Steps
11 The Competition for ‘Closest’
12 Unrolling from the Antecedent Time
13 Forks
14 Reflections on Legality
15 Truth at the Actual World
16 Subjunctive Conditionals and Probability
17 ‘Even if . . . ’
18 Backward Subjunctive Conditionals
19 Subjunctive Conditionals and Time's Arrow
20 Support Theories
21 The Need for Worlds
22 Relating the Two Kinds of Conditional
23 Unifying the Two Kinds of Conditional
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