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What does 'if' mean? It is one of the most commonly used words in the English language, in itself a sign to the importance of conditional thinking to human cognitive life. We make conditional statements, ask conditional questions, and issue conditional orders. We need to think and talk conditionally for many purposes, from everyday decision-making to mathematical proof. Yet the meaning of conditionals has been debated for thousands of years. Suppose and Tell brings together ideas from philosophy, linguistics, and psychology to present a controversial new approach to understanding conditionals. It argues that in using 'if' we rely on psychological heuristics, methods which are fast and frugal and mostly, but not always, reliable. As a result philosophers and linguists have been led astray in theorizing about conditionals through trusting faulty data generated by such methods and prematurely rejecting simple theories on the basis of merely apparent counterexamples. Williamson shows how one such simple theory of conditionals can explain the data, and draws wider implications for the nature of meaning and its non-transparency to native speakers, vagueness in thought and language, and the need for semantics to attend to the unreliable heuristics underlying our judgments.

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Suppose and Tell

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What does if mean timothy williamson presents a controversial new approach to understanding conditional thinking which is central to human cognitive life he argues that in using if we rely on psychological heuristics fast and frugal methods which can lead us to trust faulty data and prematur Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Philosophical Guide To Conditionals

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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 conditiona 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Conditional Reasoning

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This book reviews the work of prominent psychologists and philosophers on conditional reasoning it provides empirical research on how people deal with conditional arguments and examines how conditional statements are used and interpreted in everyday communication conditional reasoning is reasoning Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Ebook

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 juli 2020

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

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Hoofdauteur: Timothy Williamson

Hoofduitgeverij: Oup Oxford

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EAN: 9780192604774

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