Indicative versus subjunctive conditionals, congruential versus non-hyperintensional contexts

Philosophical Issues 16 (1):310–333 (2006)
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§0. A familiar if obscure idea: an indicative conditional presents its consequent as holding in the actual world on the supposition that its antecedent so holds, whereas a subjunctive conditional merely presents its consequent as holding in a world, typically counterfactual, in which its antecedent holds. Consider this pair.

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