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Addresses central questions concerning conditionals by combining the methods of formal epistemology with those of cognitive psychology.
Author : Igor Douven
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1107111455
Addresses central questions concerning conditionals by combining the methods of formal epistemology with those of cognitive psychology.
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Page : pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2016
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ISBN : 9781316428825
Author : Michael Woods
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 1997-05-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191587826
Conditionals has at its centre an extended essay on this problematic and much-debated subject in the philosophy of language and logic, which the widely respected Oxford philosopher Michael Woods had been preparing for publication at the time of his death in 1993. Woods discusses the distinction between different kinds of conditionals, and then goes on to cover a range of topics, including assertibility, conditional probability, possible-worlds theories, and conditional commands and questions. He ends up sketching a new theory of counterfactual conditionals. This essay is edited for publication by Wood's friend and colleague David Wiggins, and accompanied by a commentary specially written by a leading expert on the topic, Dorothy Edgington. The masterful and original treatment of conditionals presented in this book will demand the attention of all philosophers working in this area.
Author : Timothy Williamson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,90 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198860668
What does 'if' mean? Timothy Williamson presents a controversial new approach to understanding conditional thinking, which is central to human cognitive life. He argues that in using 'if' we rely on psychological heuristics, fast and frugal methods which can lead us to trust faulty data and prematurely reject simple theories.
Author : Lee Walters
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198712731
Conditionals, Paradox, and Probability comprises fifteen original essays on themes from the work of Dorothy Edgington, the first woman to hold a chair in philosophy at Oxford. Eminent contributors from philosophy and linguistics discuss a range of topics including conditionals, vagueness, knowledge, reasoning, and probability.
Author : Chhanda Chakraborti
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 19,47 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Conditionals (Logic)
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Author : W.L. Harper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400991177
With publication of the present volume, The University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science enters its second phase. The first fourteen volumes in the Series were produced under the managing editorship of Professor James J. Leach, with the cooperation of a local editorial board. Many of these volumes resulted from colloguia and workshops held in con nection with the University of Western Ontario Graduate Programme in Philosophy of Science. Throughout its seven year history, the Series has been devoted to publication of high quality work in philosophy of science con sidered in its widest extent, including work in philosophy of the special sciences and history of the conceptual development of science. In future, this general editorial emphasis will be maintained, and hopefully, broadened to include important works by scholars working outside the local context. Appointment of a new managing editor, together with an expanded editorial board, brings with it the hope of an enlarged international presence for the Series. Serving the publication needs of those working in the various subfields within philosophy of science is a many-faceted operation. Thus in future the Series will continue to produce edited proceedings of worthwhile scholarly meetings and edited collections of seminal background papers. How ever, the publication priorities will shift emphasis to favour production of monographs in the various fields covered by the scope of the Series. THE MANAGING EDITOR vii W. L. Harper, R. Stalnaker, and G. Pearce (eds.), lIs, vii.
Author : Anthony Appiah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 1985-09-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521304115
This book develops in detail the simple idea that assertion is the expression of belief. In it the author puts forward a version of 'probabilistic semantics' which acknowledges that we are not perfectly rational, and which offers a significant advance in generality on theories of meaning couched in terms of truth conditions. It promises to challenge a number of entrenched and widespread views about the relations of language and mind. Part I presents a functionalist account of belief, worked through a modified form of decision theory. In Part II the author generates a theory of meaning in terms of 'assertibility conditions', whereby to know the meaning of an assertion is to know the belief it expresses.
Author : Sarah Moss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198792158
Sarah Moss argues that in addition to full beliefs, credences can constitute knowledge. She introduces the notion of probabilistic content and shows how it plays a central role not only in epistemology, but in the philosophy of mind and language. Just you can believe and assert propositions, you can believe and assert probabilistic contents.
Author : Ellery Eells
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 1994-11-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521453592
Essays on the state of research investigating the relationship between conditionals and conditional probabilities.