An Update on Epistemic Modals
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Epistemic modals are a prominent topic in the literature on natural language semantics, with wide-ranging implications for issues in philosophy of language and philosophical logic. Considerations about the role that epistemic might and must play in discourse and reasoning have led to the development of several important alternatives to classical possible worlds semantics for natural language modal expressions. This is an opinionated overview of what I take to be some of the most exciting issues and developments in the field.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- J. Philosophical Logic
دوره 44 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015