Ceteris paribus conditionals and comparative normalcy

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-121

  Smith, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceteris paribus conditional; Comparative normalcy; Possible world semantics; Subjunctive conditional

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845946000     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10992-006-9030-2     Document Type: Article

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