Real Conditionals
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2001
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924207-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924207-8 (ISBN)
William G. Lycan offers his approach to the debate among philosophers and logicians about the best way to analyse and understand conditional sentences. Lycan attends not just to the semantics of such sentences, but equally to their syntax, making use of insights from linguistic theory. 'Real Conditionals' is Lycan's view.
Philosophers and logicians have long debated how best to understand conditional or hypothetical sentences. William G. Lycan has a distinctive approach to this debate, attending not just to the semantics of such sentences, but equally to their syntax. He shows how insights from linguistic theory help to illuminate problems about the meaning and function of conditionals. For instance, philosophers and logicians have had problems analysing the locutions 'only if', 'unless', and 'even if'. Lycan sets out a general semantic theory of conditionals which works for all such sentences; he assigns meanings to them in a way that explains how and why those meanings depend upon features of utterance context. According to Lycan's theory the 'if'-clauses refer to items called 'events', 'circumstances', or 'conditions'.
Real Conditionals gives at last the definitive presentation of this original approach to a topic at the intersection of philosophy, logic, and linguistics. Lycan's characteristically lively and witty expository style ensures that it can be enjoyed by readers from all three disciplines.
Philosophers and logicians have long debated how best to understand conditional or hypothetical sentences. William G. Lycan has a distinctive approach to this debate, attending not just to the semantics of such sentences, but equally to their syntax. He shows how insights from linguistic theory help to illuminate problems about the meaning and function of conditionals. For instance, philosophers and logicians have had problems analysing the locutions 'only if', 'unless', and 'even if'. Lycan sets out a general semantic theory of conditionals which works for all such sentences; he assigns meanings to them in a way that explains how and why those meanings depend upon features of utterance context. According to Lycan's theory the 'if'-clauses refer to items called 'events', 'circumstances', or 'conditions'.
Real Conditionals gives at last the definitive presentation of this original approach to a topic at the intersection of philosophy, logic, and linguistics. Lycan's characteristically lively and witty expository style ensures that it can be enjoyed by readers from all three disciplines.
William Lycan is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina.
Preface, Acknowledgements ; 1. The Syntax of Conditional Sentences ; 2. Truth Conditions: The Event Theory ; 3. Truth Conditions: Reality and Modus Ponens ; 4. In Defense of Truth-Value ; 5. A Beautiful But False Theory of 'Even If' ; 6. An Unbeautiful But Less Easily Refuatable Theory of 'Even If' ; 7. The 'Indicative'/'Subjunctive' Distinction ; 8. The Riverboat Puzzle ; Appendix: 'Nonconditional Conditionals' (with Michael L. Geis) ; Revisionary Postscript on Nonconditional Conditionals ; Bibliography, Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2001 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 4 figures |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 145 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 402 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-924207-0 / 0199242070 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-924207-8 / 9780199242078 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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