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Counterfactual Donkey Sentences: A Response to

Robert van Rooij (2006) proposed an analysis of counterfactual donkey sentences by combining the Stalnaker–Lewis analysis of counterfactuals with standard dynamic semantics. This paper points out some problems with van Rooij’s treatment of counterfactual sentences in the language of first-order logic and provides a new interpretation using dynamic semantics. 1 VAN ROOIJ’S THEORY OF COUNTERFACTUAL

Comments on Vagueness, Tolerance and Non-Transitive

Robert van Rooij presents an original framework dealing with the formalization of vague predicates. His solution is based on a non-classical entailment, which he calls tolerant entailment. The author thoroughly discusses the relation of his solution to the major approaches to vagueness (supervaluationism, contextualism, epistemic approaches, . . . ) and gives an analysis of higher order vaguene...

Attitudes and changing contexts

Pseudo-imperatives Msc in Logic

The propositional and relational syllogistic∗

In this paper it is shown how syllogistic reasoning can be extended to account for propositional logic and relations.