Remarks on Wishes and Counterfactuals

Author: Adams E.W.

Source: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 79, Number 3, September 1998 , pp. 191-196(5)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

A kind of `isomorphism' is commented on, between the relation of wants to indicative conditionals and the relation of wishes to counter-factual conditionals. Among other things, it is suggested that Richard Jeffrey's theory of decision applies equally to degrees of `wishedforness'.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: University of California, Berkeley

Publication date: 1998-09-01

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