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This paper develops a probabilistic analysis of conditionals which hinges on a quantitative measure of evidential support. In order to spell out the interpretation of ‘if’ suggested, we will compare it with two more familiar interpretations, the suppositional interpretation and the strict interpretation, within a formal framework which rests on fairly uncontroversial assumptions. As it will emerge, each of the three interpretations considered exhibits specific logical features that deserve separate consideration.
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We would like to thank Paul Egré, Hitoshi Omori, Eric Raidl, Hans Rott, Jan Sprenger, Robert van Rooij, Heinrich Wansing, and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments on previous versions of this paper.
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Crupi, V., Iacona, A. Three Ways of Being Non-Material. Stud Logica 110, 47–93 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-021-09949-y
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