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Single Idea 13770

[filed under theme 10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / b. Types of conditional ]

Full Idea

As well as conditional beliefs, there are conditional desires, hopes, fears etc. As well as conditional statements, there are conditional commands, questions, offers, promises, bets etc.

Gist of Idea

There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts

Source

Dorothy Edgington (Conditionals [2001], 17.3.4)

Book Ref

'Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic', ed/tr. Goble,Lou [Blackwell 2001], p.408

The 6 ideas with the same theme [ways to categorise types of conditionals]:

9014 Some conditionals can be explained just by negation and conjunction: not(p and not-q) [Quine]
14360 Possible worlds for subjunctives (and dispositions), and no-truth for indicatives? [Jackson]
13770 There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington]
14270 Simple indicatives about past, present or future do seem to form a single semantic kind [Edgington]
14269 Maybe forward-looking indicatives are best classed with the subjunctives [Edgington]
13716 'If B hadn't shot L someone else would have' if false; 'If B didn't shoot L, someone else did' is true [Sider]