Some New Thoughts on Conditionals

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作者
Graham Priest
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[1] CUNY Graduate Center,Philosophy Programmes
来源
Topoi | 2018年 / 37卷
关键词
Conditionals; Indicative; Subjunctive; Information;
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摘要
The paper describes a new way of thinking about conditionals, in terms of information transfer between worlds. This way of looking at things provides an answer to some of the standard problems concerning conditionals, and undercuts the claim that indicative and subjunctive conditionals are distinct.
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页码:369 / 377
页数:8
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