Learning conditionals

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Abstract

Justin Khoo [2022. The Meaning of If. Oxford: Oxford University Press.] presents a novel theory of conditionals designed to solve two prominent puzzles for conditionals, the so-called ‘bounding puzzles’. One component of Khoo's solution is to propose a new update rule for learning conditionals that allows for violations of classical conditionalization. In this paper, I will defend classical conditionalization. My proposal is that one can achieve a similar effect as Khoo's new update rule by putting to work the epistemic norms that govern assertion and belief.

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Original languageEnglish
Journal Inquiry : an interdisciplinary journal of philosophy
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 12 Nov 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85209646051
ORCID /0000-0002-9962-2074/work/173987740

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Keywords

  • Justin Khoo, Conditionals, counterfactuals, conditionalization, learning, knowledge