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Conditionals and actuality

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It is known that indicative and subjunctive conditionals interact differently with a rigidifying "actually" operator. The paper studies this difference in an abstract setting. It does not assume the framework of possible world semantics, characterizing "actually" instead by the type of logically valid formulas to which it gives rise. It is proved that in a language with such features all sentential contexts that are congruential (in the sense that they preserve logical equivalence) are extens...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s10670-008-9144-8

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Springer Publisher's website
Journal:
Erkenntnis Journal website
Volume:
70
Issue:
2
Pages:
135-150
Publication date:
2009-03-01
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EISSN:
1572-8420
ISSN:
0165-0106
Language:
English
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ora:5120
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2011-03-15

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