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...
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| author | Yablo, Stephen |
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| description | 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 surplus content of ϕ over ψ (ϕ∼ψ). The paper argues that it is the only form of if-thenism that stands a chance of being correct. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1234332022-09-30T09:12:01Z If-Thenism Yablo, Stephen Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy 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 surplus content of ϕ over ψ (ϕ∼ψ). The paper argues that it is the only form of if-thenism that stands a chance of being correct. 2020-01-10T16:23:55Z 2020-01-10T16:23:55Z 2017-04 2016-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2474-0500 2474-0519 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123433 Stephen Yablo. "If-Thenism." Australasian Philosophical Review 1, 2 (April 2017): 115-132 © 2017 Australasian Association of Philosophy 10.1080/24740500.2017.1346423 Australasian Philosophical Review Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Informa UK Limited Prof. Yablo via Mark Szarko |
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