A note on Mcgee’s counterexample to Modus Ponens
In this article I will review McGee's famous counterexample to Modus Ponens and I will argue that it is not a real counterexample. I will claim that the problem lies in an infelicitous assertion of the second premise. As result of this diagnosis, I will suggest that when dealing with indicative...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) |
| Repositorio: | Principia (Florianópolis. Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/96728 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/96728 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Modus Ponens Counterexample Indicative Conditionals Conditionals Existential quantification |
| Sumario: | In this article I will review McGee's famous counterexample to Modus Ponens and I will argue that it is not a real counterexample. I will claim that the problem lies in an infelicitous assertion of the second premise. As result of this diagnosis, I will suggest that when dealing with indicative conditionals a pragmatic theory is needed. |
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