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单词 ceteris paribus clause
释义
ceteris paribus clause

Logic
  • An enthymematic clause implicit in the antecedent of some counterfactual conditionals suggesting that the antecedent is to be considered ‘all other things being equal’, i.e., ceteris paribus. For example, a conditional

    • Should one hold a lit match to a newspaper, the newspaper will catch fire.

    can be more explicitly represented as

    • Should one hold a lit match to a newspaper and Φ, the newspaper will catch fire.

    where Φ—the ceteris paribus clause—lists one’s tacit assumptions going into the assertion, e.g., that the newspaper is not damp, that one is not attempting the act in a vacuum, etc.


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