Journal article
Williamson on Counterpossibles
F Berto, R French, G Priest, D Ripley
Journal of Philosophical Logic | SPRINGER | Published : 2018
Open access
Abstract
A counterpossible conditional is a counterfactual with an impossible antecedent. Common sense delivers the view that some such conditionals are true, and some are false. In recent publications, Timothy Williamson has defended the view that all are true. In this paper we defend the common sense view against Williamson’s objections.
Grants
Awarded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Funding Acknowledgements
This research is published within the project 'The Logic of Conceivability', funded by the European Research Council (ERC CoG), grant number 681404. Thanks to Sam Baron, Mark Colyvan, Jorge Ferreira, Mark Jago, Suzy Killmister, Tom Schoonen, Tim Williamson, and two anonymous referees of this journal, for helpful comments and discussion.