Conditionals and indexical relativism

被引:36
作者
Weatherson, Brian [1 ]
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Philosophy, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
关键词
Conditionals; Relativism; Variable binding;
D O I
10.1007/s11229-007-9283-5
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
I set out and defend a view on indicative conditionals that I call "indexical relativism". The core of the view is that which proposition is (semantically) expressed by an utterance of a conditional is a function of (among other things) the speaker's context and the assessor's context. This implies a kind of relativism, namely that a single utterance may be correctly assessed as true by one assessor and false by another.
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页码:333 / 357
页数:25
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