David Sanford

If P, Then Q (eBook, ePUB)

Conditionals and the Foundations of Reasoning

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Since its publication in 1989, David Sanford's If P Then Q has become one of the most widely respected works in the field of conditionals. This new edition includes three new chapters, thus updating the book to take into account developments in the

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135199302
• Artikelnr.: 38246600

Autorenporträt

David Sanford is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, North Carolina, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Conditionals in Everyday Life and in Philosophy
I: The History of Philosophical Treatments of Conditionals
I: Ancient History
II: Medieval and Post-medieval History
III: Rediscovery of the Material Conditional
IV: Rediscovery of the Strict Conditional
V: Subjunctive Conditionals and Covering Laws
VI: Belief and Probability
VII: Possible Worlds
II: A New Treatment of Conditionals
VIII: Inference, Entailment, and the Purposes of Theories
IX: Problems with the Ramsey Test, Possible Worlds, and Probability
X: Various Visions of Possible Worlds
XI: Laws and Conditions
XII: Counterfactual Dependence and Backtracking
XIII: Patterns of Dependence
XIV: Objective Dependence
XV: A Problem with Validity