Topics in Conditional Logic
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X, 165 pages
978-94-009-8968-9 (ISBN)
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1. The Basic Analysis of Conditionals.- 1.1. Conditionals and Formalization.- 1.2. Hypothetical Deliberation.- 1.3. Some Intuitively Valid Inference Patterns.- 1.4. Formal Semantics for Hypothetical Deliberation.- 1.5. The Weak Conditional Logic W.- 2. Classical vs Non-Classical Logics.- 2.1. Defining the Issues.- 2.2. The Case for Non-Classical Logic.- 2.3. The Non-Classical Logic H.- 2.4. An Evaluation of H.- 3. Alternative Model Theories.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. World-Selection-Function Models.- 3.3. System-of-Spheres Models.- 3.4. Relational Models.- 3.5. Class-Selection-Function Models.- 3.6. Neighborhood Models.- 3.7. Extensional Models.- 3.8. Summary of Equivalence Results.- 3.9. Depth.- 4. Classical Analyses of Conditionals.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Stalnaker and the Uniqueness Assumption.- 4.3. Lewis and Systems of Spheres.- 4.4. Gabbay and the Role of Consequents.- 4.5. Pollock and Justification Conditions.- 4.6. Adams and Probabilistic Entailment.- 5. Causation and the Temporal Regularity of Subjunctive Conditionals.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. The Counterfactual Analysis of Event Causation.- 5.3. A Miraculous Analysis and a Non-Miraculous Analysis.- 5.4. Lewis¿s Miraculous Analysis.- 6. Subjunctive Probabilities.- 6.1. A New Species of Conditional Probability.- 6.2. Relative Reasonableness.- 6.3. General Semantics for Subjunctive Probabilities.- 6.4. Subjunctive Probabilities and Probabilistic Entailment.- 6.5. Conditionals, Probability, and Decision Theory.- 7. Algebraic Semantics.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Algebras.- 7.3. Algebras and Models.- 7.4. Some Independence Results.- 7.5. Non-Classical Logics.- List of Rules and Theses.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
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X, 165 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-009-8968-9 (9789400989689)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-8966-5
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Donald Nute
Topics in Conditional Logic
Book
02/1980
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
1. The Basic Analysis of Conditionals.- 1.1. Conditionals and Formalization.- 1.2. Hypothetical Deliberation.- 1.3. Some Intuitively Valid Inference Patterns.- 1.4. Formal Semantics for Hypothetical Deliberation.- 1.5. The Weak Conditional Logic W.- 2. Classical vs Non-Classical Logics.- 2.1. Defining the Issues.- 2.2. The Case for Non-Classical Logic.- 2.3. The Non-Classical Logic H.- 2.4. An Evaluation of H.- 3. Alternative Model Theories.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. World-Selection-Function Models.- 3.3. System-of-Spheres Models.- 3.4. Relational Models.- 3.5. Class-Selection-Function Models.- 3.6. Neighborhood Models.- 3.7. Extensional Models.- 3.8. Summary of Equivalence Results.- 3.9. Depth.- 4. Classical Analyses of Conditionals.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Stalnaker and the Uniqueness Assumption.- 4.3. Lewis and Systems of Spheres.- 4.4. Gabbay and the Role of Consequents.- 4.5. Pollock and Justification Conditions.- 4.6. Adams and Probabilistic Entailment.- 5. Causation and the Temporal Regularity of Subjunctive Conditionals.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. The Counterfactual Analysis of Event Causation.- 5.3. A Miraculous Analysis and a Non-Miraculous Analysis.- 5.4. Lewis's Miraculous Analysis.- 6. Subjunctive Probabilities.- 6.1. A New Species of Conditional Probability.- 6.2. Relative Reasonableness.- 6.3. General Semantics for Subjunctive Probabilities.- 6.4. Subjunctive Probabilities and Probabilistic Entailment.- 6.5. Conditionals, Probability, and Decision Theory.- 7. Algebraic Semantics.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Algebras.- 7.3. Algebras and Models.- 7.4. Some Independence Results.- 7.5. Non-Classical Logics.- List of Rules and Theses.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.