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ItemConditionals: A Debate with Jackson(Oxford University PressOxford, 2010-05-01)Abstract This chapter presents a number of concerns about Jackson's approach to conditionals. The first section discusses the view defended by Frank Jackson in his book Conditionals; it describes his account and notes some of its shortcomings. There are good reasons for doing this. Views of the kind defended there are, if not orthodox, still very common. And Jackson defends the view in, arguably, its most cogent form. The second section sketches a rather different account, which avoids these shortcomings. It proposes a general framework for an account of conditionals, one that leaves plenty of parameters to be adjusted for fine tuning.
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ItemTwo Truths: Two Models(Oxford University Press, 2010)
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ItemNon-Transitive Identity(Oxford University PressOxford, 2010-05-01)Abstract This chapter defines a notion of identity in the second-order paraconsistent logic LP. The notion does not have the properties of transitivity or substitutivity, but these may be regained in consistent contexts. The chapter then discusses applications of this notion of identity, especially to entities involved in change. Soritical changes come in for special consideration.
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ItemBeyond the Limits of Knowledge(Oxford University PressOxford, 2010-09-01)Abstract This chapter develops the Routley/Beall proposal by countenancing the mere possibility of truth-value gluts and appealing to a paraconsistent logic with excluded middle.