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1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Sketch of Some Recent Developments in the Theory of Conditionals

      • William L. Harper

      Pages 3-38

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3. The Classic Stalnaker - Lewis Theory of Conditionals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. A Theory of Conditionals

      • Robert C. Stalnaker

      Pages 41-55

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   3. Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility

      • David Lewis

      Pages 57-85

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   4. A Defense of Conditional Excluded Middle

      • Robert C. Stalnaker

      Pages 87-104

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4. Conditionals and Subjective Conditional Probability

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Probability and Conditionals

      • Robert C. Stalnaker

      Pages 107-128

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   3. Probabilities of Conditionals and Conditional Probabilities

      • David Lewis

      Pages 129-147

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5. Conditionals for Decision Making

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Letter to David Lewis

      • Robert C. Stalnaker

      Pages 151-152

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   3. Counterfactuals and Two Kinds of Expected Utility

      • Allan Gibbard, William L. Harper

      Pages 153-190

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6. Indicative vs. Subjunctive Conditionals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Indicative Conditionals

      • Robert C. Stalnaker

      Pages 193-210

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   3. Two Recent Theories of Conditionals

      • Allan Gibbard

      Pages 211-247

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   4. Indicative Conditionals and Conditional Probability

      • John L. Pollock

      Pages 249-252

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   5. Indicative Conditionals and Conditional Probability: Reply to Pollock

      • Allan Gibbard

      Pages 253-256

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7. Chance, Time, and the Subjunctive Conditional

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

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   2. The Prior Propensity Account of Subjunctive Conditionals

      • Brian Skyrms

      Pages 259-265

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With publication of the present volume, The University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science enters its second phase. The first fourteen volumes in the Series were produced under the managing editorship of Professor James J. Leach, with the cooperation of a local editorial board. Many of these volumes resulted from colloguia and workshops held in con­ nection with the University of Western Ontario Graduate Programme in Philosophy of Science. Throughout its seven year history, the Series has been devoted to publication of high quality work in philosophy of science con­ sidered in its widest extent, including work in philosophy of the special sciences and history of the conceptual development of science. In future, this general editorial emphasis will be maintained, and hopefully, broadened to include important works by scholars working outside the local context. Appointment of a new managing editor, together with an expanded editorial board, brings with it the hope of an enlarged international presence for the Series. Serving the publication needs of those working in the various subfields within philosophy of science is a many-faceted operation. Thus in future the Series will continue to produce edited proceedings of worthwhile scholarly meetings and edited collections of seminal background papers. How­ ever, the publication priorities will shift emphasis to favour production of monographs in the various fields covered by the scope of the Series. THE MANAGING EDITOR vii W. L. Harper, R. Stalnaker, and G. Pearce (eds.), lIs, vii.

• Jackson Pollock
• comparative
• conditional
• probability
• subject
• time

• The University of Western Ontario, Canada

  William L. Harper, Glenn Pearce

• Cornell University, USA

  Robert Stalnaker

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