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.
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