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Simplification is Not Scalar Strengthening
Date created: 2020-07-12 11:18 PM | Last Updated: 2020-08-17 04:46 PM
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We show that Simplification of Disjunctive antecedents (SDA) is not a product of scalar strengthening. The argument exploits information-sensitive modals, like epistemic "probably" and deliberative "ought". When items of this sort are the main modal of a conditional, we can have that: (i) " if A or B, modal C" is true; (ii) the basic meaning computed via classical semantics for conditionals and di…
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