Conditionals

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-875127-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 216 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woods, Michael

Wiggins, David

Weitere Mitwirkende

Edgington, Dorothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Wiggins, David (former Wykeham Professor of Logic, University of Oxford) / Edgington, Dorothy (School of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, London)