Conditional Relation
Definition:
A conditional relation is a logical relation in which the illocutionary act employing one of a pair of propositions is expressed or implied to be true or in force if the other proposition is true.
Examples:
(English)
If you give her the ring, then you are married to her. I hereby pronounce you married. Are you married to her? Do marry her. If only you would marry her!
Once admit that they have a case, and your moral superiority collapses.
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218–219
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363–365
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