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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 prematurely reject simple theories.



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

Suppose and Tell

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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 Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 oktober 2022

Aantal pagina's: 288

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Timothy Williamson

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Product breedte: 154 mm

Product hoogte: 18 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 154 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm

Verpakking lengte: 234 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 510 g

EAN: 9780192871046

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