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Zusatztext Jonathan Bennett sets out in this ambitious project to provide a complete and thorough guide to the subject of philosophical conditionals. I suspect that in lesser hands this text could have become something of a chore, taking on, as it does, aspects of semantics that are highly technical and difficult to work through. But in this case the results are delightful. Bennett explores the field of conditionals without needless technicality, (indeed on occasion one wonders that others have managed to make such heavy work in a field that seems so simple when presented thus) is pellucidly clear at all times and, above all, makes the topic of conditionals interesting and relevant to the reader. Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Bennett, who now lives on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia, was formerly Lecturer in Moral Science at the University of Cambridge, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and then at Syracuse University. He has held visiting positions at Cornell, Michigan, Pittsburgh, and Princeton, and has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and a visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He is Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the British Academy. Klappentext Conditional sentences are among the most intriguing and puzzling features of language! and analysis of their meaning and function has important implications for! and uses in! many areas of philosophy. Jonathan Bennett! one of the world's leading experts! distils many years' work and teaching into this Philosophical Guide to Conditionals! the fullest and most authoritative treatment of the subject. An ideal introduction for undergraduates with a philosophical grounding! it also offers a rich source of illumination and stimulation for graduate students and professional philosophers. Zusammenfassung Conditional sentences are among the most intriguing and puzzling features of language, and analysis of their meaning and function has important implications for, and uses in, many areas of philosophy. Jonathan Bennett distils many years' work and teaching into this 'Philosophical Guide to Conditionals'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Material Condition: Grice 3: The Material Condition: Jackson 4: The Equation 5: The Equation Attacked 6: The Subjectivity of Indicative Conditionals 7: Indicative Conditionals Lack Truth Values 8: Uses of Indicative Conditionals 9: The Logic of Indicative Conditionals 10: Subjunctive Conditionals - First Steps 11: The Competition for 'Closest' 12: Unrolling from the Antecedent Time 13: Forks 14: Reflections on Legality 15: Truth at the Actual World 16: Subjunctive Conditionals and Probability 17: 'Even If...' 18: Backward Subjunctive Conditionals 19: Subjunctive Conditionals and Time's Arrow 20: Support Theories 21: The Need for Worlds 22: Relating the Two Kinds of Conditional 23: Unifying the Two Kinds of Conditional References Index of Persons Index of Topics ...
