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    Ibn Sina's conditional propositions admit of 'description... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The proposition 'Always, if every A is B, then every C is D' implies 'Never, if every A is B, then not every C is D'

    Ibn Sina's conditional propositions admit of 'descriptional' readings where the antecedent restricts the time of predication, not logical necessity.

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    • 1.Ibn Sina's logic treats temporal modification as semantically primary, allowing antecedents to specify when predicates apply rather than modal force.
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    • 2.Descriptional readings align with Ibn Sina's analysis of natural language conditionals, which often express temporal restrictions rather than necessity.
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    • 3.This interpretation avoids the problem of assigning modal operators to statements that are merely describing consecutive events in time.
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    • 1.Ibn Sina explicitly discusses conditional propositions within modal logic frameworks, suggesting logical necessity, not mere temporal restriction, is central.
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    • 2.Pure temporal readings cannot explain why conditionals preserve logical inference patterns characteristic of necessity-based logical systems.
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    • 3.Ibn Sina's theory of prime matter and substantial form presupposes modal distinctions that go beyond temporal description of predication moments.
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