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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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indicative conditional

Would you please explain what it means.

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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 is broad, and no clear consensus has been reached.

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  • 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 is broad, and no clear consensus has been reached.
  • One problem is that the material conditional allows implications to be true even when the antecedent is irrelevant to the consequent.
  • For example, it's commonly accepted that the sun is made of gas, on one hand, and that 3 is a prime number, on the other.
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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 is
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