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Single Idea 14624

[catalogued under 10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals]

Full Idea

The counterfactual conditional transmits possibility: (A□→B) ⊃ (◊A⊃◊B). Suppose that if A had held, B would also have held; the if it is possible for A to hold, it is also possible for B to hold.

Gist of Idea

Counterfactual conditionals transmit possibility: (A□→B)⊃(◊A⊃◊B)

Source

Timothy Williamson (Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic [2010], 1)

Book Reference

'Modality', ed/tr. Hale,B/Hoffman,A [OUP 2010], p.82