There is an intense debate in the philosophy of language and linguistics on so-called counterfactual conditionals. I shall introduce what I take to be the standard view: First, counterfactuals have truth–conditions. Second, these truth–conditions can be spelled out in terms of possible worlds. Third, the possible worlds deciding on the truth or falsity of a counterfactual are those that minimally differ from the actual world. Then I shall point out selected challenges to the standard view.

Counterfactual Conditionals : Orthodoxy and its Challenges / D. Dohrn. - [s.l] : Mimesis, 2020. - ISBN 9788869773037.

Counterfactual Conditionals : Orthodoxy and its Challenges

D. Dohrn
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2020

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There is an intense debate in the philosophy of language and linguistics on so-called counterfactual conditionals. I shall introduce what I take to be the standard view: First, counterfactuals have truth–conditions. Second, these truth–conditions can be spelled out in terms of possible worlds. Third, the possible worlds deciding on the truth or falsity of a counterfactual are those that minimally differ from the actual world. Then I shall point out selected challenges to the standard view.
2020
Settore M-FIL/01 - Filosofia Teoretica
   Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018-2022 - Dipartimento di FILOSOFIA
   MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE E DEL MERITO
Counterfactual Conditionals : Orthodoxy and its Challenges / D. Dohrn. - [s.l] : Mimesis, 2020. - ISBN 9788869773037.
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