A Carnapian Approach to Counterexamples to Modus Ponens

Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy 7:78-85 (2013)
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This paper attempts to motivate the view that instead of rejecting modus ponens as invalid in certain situations, one could preserve its validity by associating such situations with non-normal interpretations of logical connectives.

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Constantin C. Brîncuș
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A counterexample to modus ponens.Vann McGee - 1985 - Journal of Philosophy 82 (9):462-471.
Formalization of logic.Rudolf Carnap - 1943 - Cambridge, Mass.,: Harvard university press.
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A Remark on Iffy Oughts.Malte Willer - 2012 - Journal of Philosophy 109 (7):449-461.

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