Conditionals Right and Left: Probabilities for the Whole Family
The fact that the standard probabilistic calculus does not define probabilities for sentences with embedded conditionals is a fundamental problem for the probabilistic theory of conditionals. Several authors have explored ways to assign probabilities to such sentences, but those proposals have come...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Philosophical Logic. - Springer, 1972. - 38(2009), 1, Seite 1-53 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2009
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of Philosophical Logic |
| Schlagworte: | Standard probabilistic calculus Embedded conditionals Probabilistic theory of conditionals Causal independence Mathematics Behavioral sciences Philosophy Linguistics History |
| Zusammenfassung: | The fact that the standard probabilistic calculus does not define probabilities for sentences with embedded conditionals is a fundamental problem for the probabilistic theory of conditionals. Several authors have explored ways to assign probabilities to such sentences, but those proposals have come under criticism for making counterintuitive predictions. This paper examines the source of the problematic predictions and proposes an amendment which corrects them in a principled way. The account brings intuitions about counterfactual conditionals to bear on the interpretation of indicatives and relies on the notion of causal (in) dependence. |
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| ISSN: | 15730433 |