Semifactual: Byrne's account of even-if

Simon J. Handley; Aidan Feeney

doi:10.1017/S0140525X07002646

Semifactual: Byrne's account of even-if

Simon J. Handley^*, Aidan Feeney

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Abstract

Byrne's approach to the semifactual conditional captures the reasoning data. However, we argue that it does not account for the processes or principles by which people arrive at representations of even-if conditionals, upon which their reasoning is said to be based. Drawing upon recent work on the suppositional conditional we present such an account.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	458-459
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	30
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07002646
Publication status	Published - Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes

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