A Theory of Conditionals.

Stalnaker, R. C. (1968). A Theory of Conditionals. Studies in Logical Theory.

Type

Book chapter

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1968

Link

https://philpapers.org/rec/STAATO-5

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philosophy

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Primes

• Counterfactuals
  • Stalnaker (1968)

    This sourceFirst possible-worlds semantics for conditionals via a selection function picking the unique closest antecedent-world. Verified support for the unique-world variant and the standard rejection of backtracking.

• Minimal Modification Principle
  • This principle ensures counterfactuals are minimal changes from actuality, not arbitrary reimaginings where everything is different.

    This sourceFirst possible-worlds semantics for conditionals using a selection function that picks the antecedent-world differing minimally from the actual world; original formal articulation of minimal-change semantics.

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