| Reviews |
| Review(s) from previous edition:
- 'This is a very interesting investigation of natural language conditionals. Woods displays both a remarkably sensitive insight into examples of usage and an excellent grasp of the relevant literature.' - William Harper, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic
- 'A clear and thought-provoking essay... this book should be of great value when used as course material for upper level undergraduate and graduate level seminars, as well as a valuable resource for those interested in this area.' - Jon M. Cogburn, Mathematical Reviews
- 'All in all a first-rate volume. Highly commended.' - Scott Sturgeon, MIND
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| Description | | - Authoritative and original exploration of conditionals
- With an extensive commentary by Dorothy Edgington, a renowned expert on the topic
- Of broad relevance in various areas of philosophy
| Conditionals
has at its centre an extended essay on this problematic and much-debated subject in the philosophy of language and logic, which the widely respected Oxford philosopher Michael Woods had been preparing for publication at the time of his death in 1993. Woods discusses the distinctions between different kinds of conditionals, and then goes on to cover a range of topics, including
assertibility, conditional probability, possible-worlds theories, and conditional demands and questions. He ends by sketching a new theory of counterfactual conditionals.
This essay is edited for publication by Woods's friend and colleague David Wiggins, and accompanied by a commentary specially written by a leading expert on the topic, Dorothy Edgington. The masterful and original treatment of
conditionals presented in this book will demand the attention of all philosophers working in the area.
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Readership: Scholars and advanced students of philosophy and logic.
| Contents |
David Wiggins.
Foreword
Michael Woods.
Conditionals
The Varieties of Conditional
Theories of Simple Conditionals
Ramsey's Test and Adam's Hypothesis
Simple Conditionals and Truth-Values: Some Proposals
Conditionals and Possible Worlds
Compound Conditionals and Truth-Values
A Theory of Simple Conditionals
Sketch of a Theory of Counterfactual Conditionals
Dorothy Edgington.
Commentary
Taxonomy
Assertibility
Ramsey and Adams
Truth Values
Possible Worlds
Compounds
Other Conditional Speech Acts
Non-Simple Conditionals
List of Works Cited
Michael Woods 1934--1993: Obituary and Curriculum Vitae
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Michael Woods, Official Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Brasenose College, Oxford
Edited by David Wiggins, Wykeham Professor of Logic, Oxford University
with a commentary by Dorothy Edgington, Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London
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