By Conditionals, Literature

«But that is precisely why I said that it's not "logically coercive" and only "generally implied" -- to make it clear that not every conditional sentence can be inverted in this manner.» OK. But it is not "generally implied". I'd rather say it is in many cases correct to derive an...

Thanks for your answer, which was, indeed, somewhat enlightening. You are, of course, very correct when you say that not every conditional sentence makes the kind of implication that I was talking about (as is evidenced by your stone-example, or your going-for-a-walk example). But that is...

Hi Bokeh, Becasue of your reply, it made me take a second look at the original question. I also did some research and found this paper written on the subject of Semantic Composition of Subjunctive Conditionals by Michela Ippolito of MIT/Tübingen University. I am not completely sure if I...

The indicative conditional is the logical operation given by statements of the form "If A then B" in ordinary English (or similar natural languages). The indicative conditional, unlike the material conditional, does not have a stipulated definition. The philosophical literature on this operation...

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1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? CJ

Hi MrP, how’s it going? 1) I finally thought of this possibility, which I reckon eliminates the problems: “Thus, it seems that we must not put the emphasis on the fact that a shadow always and necessarily follows a body when the body blocks light, but just on the fact that in these...

This question has a complicated answer, so I'll give the formal answer first. This is still in wide use, particularly in Britain, and particularly in written literature. In formal English,and in the first person: "shall" denotes future tense. It is synonymous with "am going to". "should" means...