Logicians have written a great deal on the semantics of conditional sentences. This book contends that insufficient attention has been paid to the syntax of conditionals, as investigated by linguists. Syntactic data are used to make the case that "If"-clauses tacitly quantify over items called "events," "circumstances," or "conditions." This motivates a semantic theory of conditionals that concentrates on "only if," "even if" and "unless" as well as on "If...then." The theory is then applied to a number of examples from the literature, and its predictions and successes compare favorably to those of competing semantic theories.
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"After reading [Lycan's] work, it's hard to take seriously work that does not share [his] methodology. ... Real Conditionals is a great contribution to the literature, and if it causes more theorists to pay serious attention to Lycan's Event Theory, that would be an excellent consequence."--The Philosophical Review
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William Lycan is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina.
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- Philosophical Perspectives, 5: Philosophy of Religion by James E. Tomberlin in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Midwest Studies N Philosophy: Causation and Causal Theories (Midwest Studies in Philosophy) by Peter A. French in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Logical Form In Natural Language (Bradford Books) by William G. Lycan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- On Conditionals Again (Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, Series IV: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) by Angeliki Athanasiadou in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Language, Truth and Logic by Alfred J. Ayer in Back Matter
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- Content and Modality: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Stalnaker by Judith Thomson on page 162, page 163, and page 294
- If P, Then Q: Conditionals and the Foundations of Reasoning by David Sanford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- If P, Then Q: Conditionals and the Foundations of Reasoning by David Sanford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Focus and Background Marking in Mandarin Chinese: System and Theory behind cai, jiu, dou and ye (Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics) by Daniel Hole in Back Matter
- Renewing Meaning: A Speech-Act Theoretic Approach by Stephen J. Barker in Back Matter
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