Modal discourse concerns alternative ways things can be, eg, what might be true, what isn't
true but could have been, what should be done. This entry focuses on counterfactual …

Are counterfactuals with true antecedents and consequents automatically true? That is, is
Conjunction Conditionalization:(X∧ Y)⊃(X> Y) valid? Stalnaker and Lewis think so, but …

Abstract The debate over Hypothetical Syllogism is locked in stalemate. Although putative
natural language counterexamples to Hypothetical Syllogism abound, many philosophers …

In this article, I present a schema for generating counterexamples to the argument form
known as Hypothetical Syllogism (HS) with indicative conditionals. If my schema for …

The scientific research process contains many uncertainties for young researchers.
Moreover, the terms, concepts, theories, and techniques that researchers encounter can …

This paper presents a unified, more-or-less complete, and largely pragmatic theory of
indicative conditionals as they occur in natural language, which is entirely truth-functional …

Current orthodoxy has it that hypothetical syllogism is not a valid form of inference for
ordinary-language counterfactuals, but since this claim continues to be questioned by some …

Adam Rieger (2013) has carried out a survey of arguments in favour of the material account
of indicative conditionals. These arguments involve simple and direct demonstrations of the …

El artículo presenta una discusión sobre cuál es el lugar de la creencia (fides) en la
silogística hipotética de Boecio (De syllogismis hypotheticis). Propone que la creencia se …

Der Kettenschluss ÂŒ eine Verteidigung Page 1 Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung,
Band 74 (2020), 4 Christoph Schamberger, Berlin Der Kettenschluss – eine Verteidigung …