<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

Counterfactuals as Strict Conditionals

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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 as Strict Conditionals

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2018

Páginas: 165 - 191

Recibido: 24 jul 2014

Aceptado: 22 feb 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2015-0009

Palabras clave
Counterfactuals, strict conditionals, modal logic, counterfactual fallacies, disjunctive antecedents

© 2015 Andrea Iacona, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Counterfactuals as Strict Conditionals

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2018

Páginas: 165 - 191

Recibido: 24 jul 2014

Aceptado: 22 feb 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2015-0009

Palabras claveCounterfactuals, strict conditionals, modal logic, counterfactual fallacies, disjunctive antecedents

© 2015 Andrea Iacona, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Counterfactuals, strict conditionals, modal logic, counterfactual fallacies, disjunctive antecedents