Journal of positive management

• Record Nr.: UNISA996335508603316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toruń : , : Nicolaus Copernicus University
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetti: Management; Periodicals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico
• Note generali: Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Real conditionals / / William Lycan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955336803321
• Autore: Lycan William G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Clarendon, , 2023
• ISBN: 1-383-03763-9; 9786610904617; 1-282-36580-0; 1-280-90461-5; 9786612365805; 0-19-152927-3; 0-19-151590-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Conditionals (Logic); Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. The Syntax of Conditional Sentences; 2. Truth Conditions: The Event Theory; 3. Truth Conditions: Reality and Modus Ponens; 4. In Defense of Truth Value; 5. A Beautiful But False Theory of 'Even If'; 6. An Unbeautiful But Less Easily Refutable Theory of 'Even If'; 7. The 'Indicative'/'Subjunctive' Distinction; 8. The Riverboat Puzzle; Appendix: 'Nonconditional Conditionals' (with Michael L. Geis); Revisionary Postscript on Non-Conditional Conditionals; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Logicians have written a great deal on the semantics of conditional sentences. This book contends that insufficient attention has been paid to the syntax of conditionals, as investigated by linguists.