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IFFY CONFIDENCE
by
Johannes V. Schmitt
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Ful llment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PHILOSOPHY)
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Johannes V. Schmitt
Object Description
| Title | Iffy confidence |
| Author | Schmitt, Johannes V. |
| Author email | observationselection@gmail.com;johannes.schmitt@uni-konstanz.de |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Philosophy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-04-25 |
| Date submitted | 2012-08-01 |
| Date approved | 2012-08-01 |
| Restricted until | 2012-08-01 |
| Date published | 2012-08-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schroeder, Mark |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Schein, Barry Easwaran, Kenny |
| Abstract | In Iffy Confidence, I investigate indicative conditional sentences and assimilate two non-descriptivist theories of the meaning of these sentences, a simple expressivist theory and a theory using the resources of dynamic semantics. This assimilation is made possible through the construction of a non-standard dynamic semantic framework. The dynamic semantic framework relies on a more fine-grained representation of information, a representation in terms of sets of probability functions, and enables us to vindicate central commitments of both theories while extending the range of sentences involving conditionals that each of the theories makes predictions about. I argue that defenders of non-descriptivism about conditionals should abandon the simple expressivist view and adopt an extended dynamic theory that relies on my construction. |
| Keyword | conditionals; if..then; probability; credence; conditional probability; dynamic semantics; epistemic modals; expressivism about conditionals |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Schmitt, Johannes V. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-SchmittJoh-1100.pdf |
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| Full text | IFFY CONFIDENCE by Johannes V. Schmitt A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Ful llment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHILOSOPHY) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Johannes V. Schmitt |
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