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Contrafácticos: ¿una dieta limitada de ejemplos?
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Revista de Filosofia de la Universidad de Costa Rica . sep-dic2014, Vol. 53 Issue 137, p43-48. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The justification for alternative calculi based on particular cases that seem to conflict with the truth-table of the standard conditional is here analyzed. We advocate a more thorough examination of oft-repeated examples and a search for different kinds of new ones. Leibniz's interpretation of legal statements as probable hypotheticals is mentioned as a model for the type of work proposed in this paper. Although several kinds of conditionals are usually distinguished in logic textbooks, counterfactuals are almost always placed together as a single category. We propose here that several kinds of counterfactuals can be distinguished from a logical perspective; some of them are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COUNTERFACTUALS (Logic)
*MODAL logic
*CONDITIONALS (Logic)
*LOGIC
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Details
- Language :
- Spanish
- ISSN :
- 00348252
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 137
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Revista de Filosofia de la Universidad de Costa Rica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112476734