Towards a logic for ‘because’

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-545223
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.54522

Raidl, Eric ; Rott, Hans

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Abstract

This paper explores the connective ‘because’, based on the idea that ‘C because A’ implies the acceptance/truth of the antecedent A as well as of the consequent C, and additionally that the antecedent makes a difference for the consequent. To capture this idea of difference-making a ‘relevantized’ version of the Ramsey Test for conditionals is employed that takes the antecedent to be relevant to ...