Nonboolean Conditionals
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https://doi.org/10.3765/elm.2.5377Keywords:
Indicative conditionals, connectives, probability, likelihood estimation, trivalenceAbstract
On standard analyses, indicative conditionals behave in a Boolean fashion when interacting with and and or. We test this prediction by investigating probability judgments about sentences of the form "If A, then B {and, or} if C, then D". Our findings are incompatible with a Boolean picture. This is challenging for standard analyses of ICs, as well as for several nonclassical analyses. Some trivalent theories, conversely, may account for the data.
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2023-01-27
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