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Difference-Making Conditionals and Connexivity
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Rott, Hans
(2023)
Difference-Making Conditionals and Connexivity.
Studia Logica 112, pp. 405-458.
DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.54807
Abstract
Today there is a wealth of fascinating studies of connexive logical systems. But sometimes it looks as if connexive logic is still in search of a convincing interpretation that explains in intuitive terms why the connexive principles should be valid. In this paper I argue that difference-making conditionals as presented in Rott (Review of Symbolic Logic 15, 2022) offer one principled way of ...
Today there is a wealth of fascinating studies of connexive logical systems. But sometimes it looks as if connexive logic is still in search of a convincing interpretation that explains in intuitive terms why the connexive principles should be valid. In this paper I argue that difference-making conditionals as presented in Rott (Review of Symbolic Logic 15, 2022) offer one principled way of interpreting connexive principles. From a philosophical point of view, the idea of difference-making demands full, unrestricted connexivity, because neither logical truths nor contradictions or other absurdities can ever 'make a difference' (i.e., be relevantly connected) to anything. However, difference-making conditionals have so far been only partially connexive. I show how the existing analysis of difference-making conditionals can be reshaped to obtain full connexivity. The classical AGM belief revision model is replaced by a conceivability-limited revision model that serves as the semantic base for the analysis. The key point of the latter is that the agent should never accept any absurdities.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Studia Logica | ||||
| Publisher | SPRINGER | ||||
| Open Access Type | DEAL (Springer) | ||||
| Place of Publication | DORDRECHT | ||||
| Volume | 112 | ||||
| Page Range | pp. 405-458 | ||||
| Date | 10 October 2023 | ||||
| Date of publication | 17 Oct 2023 05:03 | ||||
| Institutions | Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie > Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Philosophie (Prof. Dr. phil Hans Rott) | ||||
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| Keywords | Conditionals; Conditional logic; Connexive logic; Belief revision; Ramsey test; Difference-making; Relevance; Contingency; Aristotle; Boethius; Abelard | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 100 Philosophy | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-548074 | ||||
| Item ID | 54807 |
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