Conditionals (relevant) Flashcards
What is a conditional?
A statement that can be put in the form ‘if…then…’
The antecedent of a conditional is…
The statement that follows immediately after the ‘if’
The consequent of a conditional is…
The statement that follows ‘then’
Difference between conditional and argument
If you endorse the argument, you are asserting the premise is true, if you endorse the conditional, you take no stand on whether the premise is true
When do we assert a conditional?
When we believe that there is a good reason to think that something either rules out or makes unlikely the combination of A and not B
What are two forms of argument in which we rely on conditionals to extend our knowledge?
Modus Ponens or Modus Tollens
What are indicative conditionals concerned with?
What is, or was, or will be
What are subjunctive conditionals concerned with?
What would, or might, or could be, or have been
The subjunctive conditional discusses..
What would have been the case if something else had been the case
Can subjunctive conditionals be represented by TFL?
No
What is the single truth-functional connective for conditionals?
The material conditional, (A -> B)
