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2020;11 1274.

Generics and Alternatives.

Arnold Kochari, Robert Van Rooij, Katrin Schulz
Author Information
  1. Arnold Kochari: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  2. Robert Van Rooij: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  3. Katrin Schulz: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
PMID: 32719631 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01274

Abstract

In this paper we argue that for the (probabilistic) interpretation of generic sentences of the form "s are ," three types of alternatives play a role: (i) alternative features of , (ii) alternative groups, or kinds, of , and (iii) alternative causal background factors. In the first part of this paper we argue for the relevance of these alternatives. In the second part, we describe the results of some experiments that empirically tested in particular the second use of alternatives.

Keywords

alternatives experiments generics probabiltiy semantics

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