On the Truth Conditions of Certain ‘If’-Sentences

Philosophical Review 105 (1):1-37 (1996)
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This paper is about what we may provisionally call “indicative” conditionals. It aims to describe one use of the word ‘if’, by giving the truth conditions of sentences using ‘if’ in the way in question. Here are some sentences that, on their natural interpretations, illustrate the target use

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