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Counterpossible Conditionals| old_uid | 3240 |
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| title | Counterpossible Conditionals |
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| start_date | 2007/10/08 |
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| schedule | 14h-16h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | grande salle |
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| summary | Subjunctive conditionals with impossible antecedents (or counterpossibles) are standardly treated as vacuously true---the classical lore being that if an impossibility were to obtain, then anything would be the case. We'll discuss and develop a non-vacuous reading for (some) counterpossibles. The account provides resources for capturing some illusive philosophical notions---including the intuitive difference between essence and necessity, and an intuitive account of epistemic possibility. |
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| responsibles | Bonnay, Sandu |
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