Conditionals and supposition-based reasoning

Bradley, RichardORCID logo (2011) Conditionals and supposition-based reasoning. Topoi, 30 (1). pp. 39-45. ISSN 0167-7411
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Case-based reasoning is a familiar method of evaluating sentences. But when applied to conditionals, it seems to lead to implausible conclusions. In this paper I argue that the problem arises from equating the probability of a conditional sentence on the evidential supposition of some condition with the conditional probability of the former, given the latter.

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