Direkt zum Inhalt

Rott, Hans

Difference-Making Conditionals and Connexivity

Article

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.



Involved Institutions


Details

Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleStudia Logica
PublisherSPRINGER
Open Access TypeDEAL (Springer)
Place of PublicationDORDRECHT
Volume112
Page Rangepp. 405-458
Date10 October 2023
Date of publication17 Oct 2023 05:03
InstitutionsPhilosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie > Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Philosophie (Prof. Dr. phil Hans Rott)
Identification Number
ValueType
10.1007/s11225-023-10071-4DOI
KeywordsConditionals; Conditional logic; Connexive logic; Belief revision; Ramsey test; Difference-making; Relevance; Contingency; Aristotle; Boethius; Abelard
Dewey Decimal Classification100 Philosophy & psychology > 100 Philosophy
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-548074
Item ID54807

Export bibliographical data

Owner only: item control page

nach oben