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Remarks on Wishes and Counterfactuals
Author(s) -
Adams Ernest W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0114.00057
Subject(s) - counterfactual conditional , relation (database) , epistemology , isomorphism (crystallography) , philosophy , negation , linguistics , computer science , counterfactual thinking , chemistry , database , crystal structure , crystallography
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’.