IFS: Conditionals, Belief, Decision, Chance and TimeW.L. Harper, G.A. Pearce, R. Stalnaker With publication of the present volume, The University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science enters its second phase. The first fourteen volumes in the Series were produced under the managing editorship of Professor James J. Leach, with the cooperation of a local editorial board. Many of these volumes resulted from colloguia and workshops held in con nection with the University of Western Ontario Graduate Programme in Philosophy of Science. Throughout its seven year history, the Series has been devoted to publication of high quality work in philosophy of science con sidered in its widest extent, including work in philosophy of the special sciences and history of the conceptual development of science. In future, this general editorial emphasis will be maintained, and hopefully, broadened to include important works by scholars working outside the local context. Appointment of a new managing editor, together with an expanded editorial board, brings with it the hope of an enlarged international presence for the Series. Serving the publication needs of those working in the various subfields within philosophy of science is a many-faceted operation. Thus in future the Series will continue to produce edited proceedings of worthwhile scholarly meetings and edited collections of seminal background papers. How ever, the publication priorities will shift emphasis to favour production of monographs in the various fields covered by the scope of the Series. THE MANAGING EDITOR vii W. L. Harper, R. Stalnaker, and G. Pearce (eds.), lIs, vii. |
Contents
STALNAKERA Theory of Conditionals | 41 |
DAVID LEWIS Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility | 57 |
STALNAKER A Defense of Conditional Excluded | 87 |
CONDITIONALS AND SUBJECTIVE | 105 |
STALNAKER Letter to David Lewis | 151 |
STALNAKER Indicative Conditionals | 193 |
ALLAN GIBBARD Two Recent Theories of Conditionals | 211 |
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IFS: Conditionals, Belief, Decision, Chance and Time W.L. Harper,G.A. Pearce,R. Stalnaker Limited preview - 2012 |
IFS: Conditionals, Belief, Decision, Chance and Time W.L. Harper,G.A. Pearce,R. Stalnaker Limited preview - 1980 |
IFS: Conditionals, Belief, Decision, Chance and Time W.L. Harper,G.A. Pearce,R. Stalnaker No preview available - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
A₁ accept actual world Adams analysis antecedent argument assertability axiom Bizet causally independent choice function closest A-world coin comparative similarity conditional excluded middle conditional logic conditional probability conditional propositions conditionalizing consequent corresponding counterfactual counterfactual conditionals defined definition degree of belief depends ditional dominance endpoint chance entails epistemic equivalent example expected utility false field of sets follows formal Fraassen given holds i₁ indicative conditional inference initial credence function interpretation intuitions Lewis Lewis's modal objective chance opaque box outcome Pete Philosophical possible worlds Pr(A pragmatic Principal Principle prob probability function Probability Theory problem Ramsey test rational Reidel relation relevant Robert Stalnaker s-consequence s-consistent s-function S₁ selection function semantic sentences Skyrms Stalnaker conditional Stalnaker's stochastically independent subjective probability subjunctive conditionals supervaluations Suppose tense theorem Theory of Conditionals Thomason toss true truth conditions truth value truth-functional valid W. L. Harper wffs