Nonboolean Conditionals

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/elm.2.5377

Keywords:

Indicative conditionals, connectives, probability, likelihood estimation, trivalence

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

  • Paolo Santorio, University of Maryland, College Park
    Department of Philosophy, Associate Professor
  • Alexis Wellwood, University of Southern California

    Associate Professor

    Department of Philosophy

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2023-01-27

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