A note on Mcgee’s counterexample to Modus Ponens

Abstract

In this article I will review McGee's famous counterexample to Modus Ponens and I will argue that it is not a real counterexample. I will claim that the problem lies in an infelicitous assertion of the second premise. As result of this diagnosis, I will suggest that when dealing with indicative conditionals a pragmatic theory is needed.

Keywords

• Modus Ponens
• Counterexample
• Indicative Conditionals
• Conditionals
• Existential quantification