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If-Clauses and Probability Operators

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Adams' thesis is generally agreed to be linguistically compelling for simple conditionals with factual antecedent and consequent. We propose a derivation of Adams' thesis from the Lewis-Kratzer analysis of if-clauses as domain restrictors, applied to probability operators. We argue that Lewis's triviality result may be seen as a result of inexpressibility of the kind familiar in generalized quantifier theory. Some implications of the Lewis-Kratzer analysis are presented concerning the assignment of probabilities to compounds of conditionals.

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halshs-00775656 , version 1 (21-01-2013)

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Paul Egré, Mikaël Cozic. If-Clauses and Probability Operators. Topoi, 2011, 30 (1), pp.17-29. ⟨10.1007/s11245-010-9087-y⟩. ⟨halshs-00775656⟩
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