Conditional logics have been developed as a basis from which to investigate logical properties of "weak" conditionals representing, for example, counterfactual and default assertions.
Stigmatized or targeted minorities are subjected to a barrage of bizarre, counterfactual, essentially mythological assertions by the majority social groups.
Stigmatised or targeted minorities are subjected to a barrage of bizarre, counterfactual, essentially mythological assertions by the majority social groups.
(57) For any counterfactual attitude (att CF ): a. Doxastic assertion: [[att CF φ]]c,w,S,g,t = λx.
I argued that there are two meaning components in their lexical semantics, one being the doxastic assertion and the other the counterfactual felicity condition.
I propose that the semantics of counterfactual attitude verbs is composed of two components, a doxastic assertion and a counterfactual felicity condition, the former of which makes them pattern with representational attitude verbs (Bolinger 1968) whereas the latter differentiates them.
Given the deep connection between the speech act of assertion and speaker's belief, an utterance of (9) expresses the counterfactual belief about Chirac that he could have been a Socialist.
Gun ownership alone won't keep us safe -- to the contrary, the assertion that guns used for self-defense keep us safer is counterfactual.
Counterfactual conditionals often express causal claims (e.g., Thompson & Byrne, 2002), and the relation between counterfactuals and causal assertions has long been of interest to philosophers and psychologists (e.g., Byrne, 2011; Chisholm, 1946; Hoerl, McCormack, & Beck, 2011).
