Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, 9712 GL Groningen, The Netherlands.
Cogn Sci. 2013 May-Jun;37(4):711-30. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12025. Epub 2013 Jan 31.
According to what is now commonly referred to as "the Equation" in the literature on indicative conditionals, the probability of any indicative conditional equals the probability of its consequent of the conditional given the antecedent of the conditional. Philosophers widely agree in their assessment that the triviality arguments of Lewis and others have conclusively shown the Equation to be tenable only at the expense of the view that indicative conditionals express propositions. This study challenges the correctness of that assessment by presenting data that cast doubt on an assumption underlying all triviality arguments.
根据文献中关于指示条件句的“等式”,任何指示条件句的概率等于条件句的后件在条件句的前件条件下的概率。哲学家们普遍认为,刘易斯等人的琐碎论点已经确凿地表明,等式只有在牺牲指示条件句表达命题的观点的情况下才是可行的。本研究通过提出数据对所有琐碎论点的假设提出质疑,从而挑战了这一评估的正确性。