Full Idea
The point of conditionals is to show that one will accept modus ponens.
Clarification
'Modus ponens' says 'if P then Q' and 'P', so 'Q'
Gist of Idea
The point of conditionals is to show that one will accept modus ponens
Source
Stephen Read (Thinking About Logic [1995], Ch.3)
Book Reference
Read,Stephen: 'Thinking About Logic' [OUP 1995], p.72
A Reaction
[He attributes this idea to Frank Jackson] This makes the point, against Grice, that the implication of conditionals is not conversational but a matter of logical convention. See Idea 21396 for a very different view.
Related Idea
Idea 21396 Man is distinguished by knowing conditional truths, because impressions are connected [Stoic school, by Long]