6.7 Conditionals

Keywords: subjunctive, indicative, consequent, conditionals, counterfactuals, antecedent, counterfactual, modus, material, conditional, stalnaker, jackson, ponens, adams, law

Number of articles: 123
Weighted number of articles: 106.5097

A scatterplot showing the raw number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic conditionals each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 1.78, and the median value is 1. It reaches a peak value of 6 in 1985, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1947.

Figure 6.33: Raw number of articles in topic 7, conditionals.

A scatterplot showing the weighted number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic conditionals each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 1.54, and the median value is 1.39. It reaches a peak value of 5.62 in 1985, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1950.

Figure 6.34: Weighted number of articles in topic 7, conditionals.

A scatterplot showing the proportion of philosophy articles that are in the epistemology subtopic conditionals each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.4%, and the median value is 0.4%. It reaches a peak value of 1.3% in 1985, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.35: Percentage of philosophy articles in topic 7, conditionals.

A scatterplot showing the percentage of epistemology articles that are in the epistemology subtopic conditionals each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 7.3%, and the median value is 5.3%. It reaches a peak value of 34.2% in 1951, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.36: Percentage of epistemology articles in topic 7, conditionals.

Characteristic Articles

  1. Wayne A. Davis, 1979, “Indicative and Subjunctive Conditionals,” Philosophical Review 88:544–64.
  2. E. J. Lowe, 1979, “Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals,” Analysis 39:139–41.
  3. E. J. Lowe, 1986, “Reply to Dale,” Analysis 46:83–5.
  4. Robert J. Fogelin, 1972, “Austinian Ifs,” Mind 81:578–80.
  5. Allen Hazen and Michael Slote, 1979, “‘Even If’,” Analysis 39:35–8.
  6. Richmond H. Thomason, 1985, “Note on Tense and Subjunctive Conditionals,” Philosophy of Science 52:151–3.
  7. Wayne A. Davis, 1980, “Lowe on Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals,” Analysis 40:184–6.
  8. John A. Barker, 1980, “‘If’ and ‘Even If’,” Analysis 40:93–8.
  9. J. C. D’alessio, 1967, “On Subjunctive Conditionals,” Journal of Philosophy 64:306–10.
  10. Christopher Bryant, 1981, “Conditional Murderers,” Analysis 41:209–15.

Highly Cited Articles

  1. Dorothy Edgington, 1995, “On Conditionals,” Mind 104:235–329. (0.6088804)
  2. Roderick M. Chisholm, 1946, “The Contrary-to-Fact Conditional,” Mind 55:289–307. (0.6302729)
  3. Alan Ross Anderson, 1951, “A Note on Subjunctive and Counterfactual Conditionals,” Analysis 12:35–8. (0.9591145)