Suppose and Tell —— The Semantics and Heuristics of Conditionals

----- 假设与告诉：条件句的语义与启发式

ISBN: 9780198860662 出版年：2020 页码：287 Williamson, Timothy Oxford University Press

What does 'if' mean? Timothy Williamson presents a controversial new approach to understanding conditional thinking, which is central to human cognitive life. He argues that in using 'if' we rely on psychological heuristics, fast and frugal methods which can lead us to trust faulty data and prematurely reject simple theories.