Epistemology of Indicative Conditionals - Formal and Empirical Approaches

Addresses central questions concerning conditionals by combining the methods of formal epistemology with those of cognitive psychology.

List of contents

1. Agenda; 2. Semantics; 3. Probability; 4. Acceptability; 5. Closure; 6. Updating; 7. Progress?

About the author

Igor Douven is Directeur de Recherche at Sciences, normes, décision, Université Paris-Sorbonne.

Summary

Conditionals are sentences of the form 'If A, then B', and they play a vital role in reasoning and communication. Combining the formal machinery of logic and probability theory with the empirical methods of cognitive psychology, this book is the first systematic study of the central epistemological questions surrounding conditionals.

Product details

• Authors: Igor Douven, Igor (Centre National De La Recherche Scie Douven, Igor (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Douven, Douven Igor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107529120
• ISBN: 978-1-107-52912-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Linguistics, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, Psychology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, computer science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc