Van Fraassen, Bas C. (2024) Probabilities of Conditionals: Three Easy Pieces. [Preprint]

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ABSTRACT. In this paper I will address three topics in the logic of conditionals. The first is the question whether the class of ‘reasonable’ probability functions must be closed under conditionalization. The second topic is the character of logical consequence when probabilities of conditionals come into play. The third is more specific: I want to present a challenge to the possible worlds approach in formal semantics, in favor of an algebraic approach. For this I will use as a case study Alan Hajek’s views on counterfactual conditionals, and its problems with infinity. Included in this will be reasons to expect algebras of propositions to be incomplete algebras.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Van Fraassen, Bas C. fraassen@princeton.edu 0000-0002-4124-6440
Keywords:	counterfactual, conditional, probability, Stalnaker, Lewis, algebraic logic
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic
Depositing User:	Bas C. van Fraassen
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2024 12:06
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2024 12:06
Item ID:	24020
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic
Date:	5 October 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24020

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