2022
DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzaa101
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Path Semantics for Indicative Conditionals

Abstract: The literature on indicative conditionals contains two appealing views. The first is the selectional view: on this view, conditionals operate by selecting a single possibility, which is used to evaluate the consequent. The second is the informational view: on this view, conditionals don’t express propositions, but rather impose constraints on information states of speakers. Both views are supported by strong arguments, but they are incompatible on their standard formulations. Hence it appears that we have to c… Show more

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“…This enterprise involves not only assigning suitable semantic values to such sentences, but also formulating more general accounts of logical notions like consequence, speech acts like assertion, attitudes like acceptance, credence, and desire, and mental acts like supposition. For some recent contributions see, among others: (Gillies, 2004;Yalcin, 2007Yalcin, , 2015Swanson, 2011Swanson, , 2016Bledin, 2014Bledin, , 2020Starr, 2014;Moss, 2015;Goldstein, 2019aGoldstein, , 2019bCiardelli, 2020;Punčochář & Gauker, 2020;Hawke & Steinert-Threlkeld, 2021;Cantwell, 2021;Santorio, 2022b;Goldstein & Santorio, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This enterprise involves not only assigning suitable semantic values to such sentences, but also formulating more general accounts of logical notions like consequence, speech acts like assertion, attitudes like acceptance, credence, and desire, and mental acts like supposition. For some recent contributions see, among others: (Gillies, 2004;Yalcin, 2007Yalcin, , 2015Swanson, 2011Swanson, , 2016Bledin, 2014Bledin, , 2020Starr, 2014;Moss, 2015;Goldstein, 2019aGoldstein, , 2019bCiardelli, 2020;Punčochář & Gauker, 2020;Hawke & Steinert-Threlkeld, 2021;Cantwell, 2021;Santorio, 2022b;Goldstein & Santorio, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%