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Ideas for 'Law and Causality', 'Philosophical Logic' and 'The Doctrine of Necessity Examined'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

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Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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Three conditionals theories: Materialism (material conditional), Idealism (true=assertable), Nihilism (no truth) [Burgess]

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It is doubtful whether the negation of a conditional has any clear meaning [Burgess]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / e. Supposition conditionals

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Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey]