If-Thenism
An undemanding claim ϕ sometimes implies, or seems to, a more demanding one ψ. Some have posited, to explain this, a confusion between ϕ and ϕ*, an analogue of ϕ that does not imply ψ. If-thenists take ϕ* to be If ψ then ϕ. Incrementalism is the form of if-thenism that construes If ψ then ϕ as the s...
Main Author: | Yablo, Stephen (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Informa UK Limited,
2020-01-10T16:23:55Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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