If-Clauses and Probability Operators

Topoi

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-29

  Égré, Paul ^a   Cozic, Mikaël ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Adams' thesis; If clauses; Indicative conditionals; Lewis Kratzer analysis; Probability; Quantifier restriction; Triviality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955437587     PISSN: 01677411     EISSN: 15728749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11245-010-9087-y     Document Type: Article

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