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Counterfactuals as Strict Conditionals

   | 31. Dez. 2018

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This paper defends the thesis that counterfactuals are strict conditionals. Its purpose is to show that there is a coherent view according to which counterfactuals are strict conditionals whose antecedent is stated elliptically. Section 1 introduces the view. Section 2 outlines a reply to the main argument against the thesis that counterfactuals are strict conditionals. Section 3 compares the view with a proposal due to Åqvist, which may be regarded as its direct predecessor. Section 4 explains how the view differs from contextualist strict conditional accounts of counterfactuals. Finally, section 5 addresses the thorny issue of disjunctive antecedents.

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0873-626X
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Englisch, Portuguese
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4 Hefte pro Jahr
Fachgebiete der Zeitschrift:
Philosophie, Einzelne philosophische Strömungen, Analytische Philosophie