Guenther, Mario and Sisti, Caterina (2022) Ramsey's conditionals. SYNTHESE, 200 (2): 165. ISSN 0039-7857, 1573-0964
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In this paper, we propose a unified account of conditionals inspired by Frank Ramsey. Most contemporary philosophers agree that Ramsey's account applies to indicative conditionals only. We observe against this orthodoxy that his account covers subjunctive conditionals as well-including counterfactuals. In light of this observation, we argue that Ramsey's account of conditionals resembles Robert Stalnaker's possible worlds semantics supplemented by a model of belief. The resemblance suggests to reinterpret the notion of conditional degree of belief in order to overcome a tension in Ramsey's account. The result of the reinterpretation is a tenable account of conditionals that covers indicative and subjunctive as well as qualitative and probabilistic conditionals.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PROBABILISTIC SEMANTICS; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; DEFENSE; BELIEF; Frank Ramsey; Ramsey test; Stalnaker semantics; Degrees of belief; Unified account of conditionals |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 100 Philosophy |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie > Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Philosophie (Prof. Dr. phil Hans Rott) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2024 14:33 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2024 14:33 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/57390 |
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