The Logic of Conditional Belief
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10691004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Eva (0000-0002-3764-3398, University of Konstanz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 281 |
| Pages | 759-779 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqaa008 |
| OpenAlex | W3018890452 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
The logic of indicative conditionals remains the topic of deep and intractable philosophical disagreement. I show that two influential epistemic norms—the Lockean theory of belief and the Ramsey test for conditional belief—are jointly sufficient to ground a powerful new argument for a particular conception of the logic of indicative conditionals. Specifically, the argument demonstrates, contrary to the received historical narrative, that there is a real sense in which Stalnaker’s semantics for the indicative did succeed in capturing the logic of the Ramseyan indicative conditional
Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Semantics (computer science) · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |