Wondering what might be

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Abstract

This paper explores the possibility of supplementing the suppositional view of indicative conditionals with a corresponding view of epistemic modals. The most striking feature of the suppositional view consists in its claim that indicative conditionals are to be evaluated by conditional probabilities. On the basis of a natural link between indicative conditionals and epistemic modals, a corresponding thesis about the probabilities of statements governed by epistemic modals can be derived. The paper proceeds by deriving further consequences of this thesis, in particular, the logic of epistemic modals and their logical interaction with indicative conditionals are studied.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)367–386
Seitenumfang19
FachzeitschriftPhilosophical Studies
Jahrgang149
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2010
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 77953702854
ORCID /0000-0002-9962-2074/work/142234604

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