The Limits of Subtraction
2017
ABSTRACTIn the target article ‘If-Thenism’, Stephen Yablo develops a novel form of if-thenism, that appeals to the notion of logical subtraction. In this commentary, I explore the limits of Yablo's proposed subtraction procedure, by leaning on an analogy with photographic subtraction. In particular, I will argue that there will be cases when there's nothing interesting left after the subtraction (a possibility Yablo himself raises) and, as a consequence, there are serious limits to the applicability of the subtraction procedure.
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