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Context Probabilism

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We investigate a basic probabilistic dynamic semantics for a fragment containing conditionals, probability operators, modals, and attitude verbs, with the aim of shedding light on the prospects for adding probabilistic structure to models of the conversational common ground.

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  1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Seth Yalcin

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  1. ILLC, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Maria Aloni , Floris Roelofsen , Galit W. Sassoon , Katrin Schulz  & Matthijs Westera , , ,  & 

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    Vadim Kimmelman

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Yalcin, S. (2012). Context Probabilism. In: Aloni, M., Kimmelman, V., Roelofsen, F., Sassoon, G.W., Schulz, K., Westera, M. (eds) Logic, Language and Meaning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7218. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31482-7_2

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