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Partition and Revision: The Semantics of Counterfactuals Author(s): Angelika Kratzer Source: Journal of Philosophical Logic, Vol. 10, No. 2, Conditionals (May, 1981), pp. 201-216 Published by: Springer Stable URL: /stable. Accessed: 30/09/2011 06:09 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Springer is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Philosophical Logic. ANGELIKA KRATZER PARTITION AND REVISION: THE SEMANTICS OF COUNTERFACTUALS I. A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANALYSIS SEEMS TO FAIL Whatis for me the most intuitive of counterfactuals as follows: analysis goes The truth of counterfactuals on which is depends everything the casein the world underconsideration:in them, assessing we haveto considerall the possibilitiesof addingas many facts to the antecedentas consistencypermits.If the con- sequentfollows from everysuch possibility,then (and only then), the whole counterfactualis true. I want to expressthis ideawithin the frameworkof seman-