A Suppositional Theory of Conditionals
Sam Carter
Abstract
Abstract Suppositional theories of conditionals take apparent similarities between supposition and conditionals as a starting point, appealing to features of the former to provide an account of the latter. This paper develops a novel form of suppositional theory, one which characterizes the relationship at the level of semantics rather than at the level of speech acts. In the course of doing so, it considers a range of novel data which shed additional light on how conditionals and supposition interact.
Topics & Concepts
Semantics (computer science)Range (aeronautics)Point (geometry)Computer scienceEpistemologyMathematicsLinguisticsPhilosophyProgramming languageMaterials scienceComposite materialGeometryLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeAdvanced Algebra and LogicLogic, programming, and type systems