<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Conditionals (in particular indicatives) give rise to stand-offs that have become well known from Gibbard’s initial Sly Pete example. The stand-offs can be seen as evidence for the context-sensitivity of (indicative) conditionals and arguably do not involve disagreement. I claim that the latter feature lends credibility to an indexical treatment of indicatives.</p></abstract>

Conditionals (in particular indicatives) give rise to stand-offs that have become well known from Gibbard’s initial Sly Pete example. The stand-offs can be seen as evidence for the context-sensitivity of (indicative) conditionals and arguably do not involve disagreement. I claim that the latter feature lends credibility to an indexical treatment of indicatives.

Context-sensitivity and (Indicative) Conditionals

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Conditionals (in particular indicatives) give rise to stand-offs that have become well known from Gibbard’s initial Sly Pete example. The stand-offs can be...

Context-sensitivity and (Indicative) Conditionals

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 295 - 315

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2008-0003

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