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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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) |
| Repository: | Principia (Florianópolis. Online) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/96728 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/96728 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Modus Ponens Counterexample Indicative Conditionals Conditionals Existential quantification |
| Summary: | 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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