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Single Idea 11017

[filed under theme 10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals ]

Full Idea

Some people even claim that conditionals do not express propositions.

Gist of Idea

Some people even claim that conditionals do not express propositions

Source

Stephen Read (Thinking About Logic [1995], Ch.7)

Book Ref

Read,Stephen: 'Thinking About Logic' [OUP 1995], p.184


A Reaction

See Idea 14283, where this appears to have been 'proved' by Lewis, and is not just a view held by some people.

Related Idea

Idea 14283 A conditional probability does not measure the probability of the truth of any proposition [Lewis, by Edgington]