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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / b. Types of conditional

[ways to categorise types of conditionals]

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