Possible worlds semantics for indicative and counterfactual conditionals? : a formal philosophical inquiry into Chellas-Segerberg semantics / Matthias Unterhuber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unterhuber, Matthias.

Series:

Logos (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 21.

Logos ; Bd. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Conditional structures lie at the heart of the sciences, humanities, and everyday reasoning. It is hence not surprising that conditional logics - logics specifically designed to account for natural language conditionals - are an active and interdisciplinary area. The present book gives a formal and a philosophical account of indicative and counterfactual conditionals in terms of Chellas-Segerberg semantics. For that purpose a range of topics are discussed such as Bennett's arguments against truth value based semantics for indicative conditionals.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

I Foundational Issues

Chapter 1. Arguments for Conditional Logics

Chapter 2. The Conditional Logic Project in an Interdisciplinary Context and Default Logics

Chapter 3. Possible Worlds Semantics and Probabilistic Semantics for Indicative Conditionals: a Survey and a Defense of Possible Worlds Semantics

II Formal Results for Chellas-Segerberg Semantics

Chapter 4. Formal Framework

Chapter 5. Frame Correspondence for a Lattice of Conditional Logics

Chapter 6. Soundness and Completeness for a Lattice of Conditional Logics

Chapter 7. Chellas-Segerberg Semantics for Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals

Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-11-032366-4

OCLC:

853262872