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A new tableaux system for KD

CQD Revista Eletrônica Paulista de Matemática, 2020
The deontic logic is a particular case of modal logic that analyses relations among the concepts of obligation, permission and prohibition. We take the standard deontic logic KD, for which we introduce a new system of tableaux.
Romulo Albano de Freitas, Hércules de Araujo Feitosa   +1 more
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Non-verbal markers of modality and evidentiality in MarENG

Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 2015
This article examines a variety of options for expressing speaker and writer stance in a subcorpus of MarENG, a maritime English learning tool sponsored by the EU (35,041 words). Non-verbal markers related to key areas of modal expression are presented; (
Silvia Molina
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Investigating Algerian Use of English Modals: The Case of Second Year Master Students of English at the University “Frères Mentouri”, Constantine 1

Revue des Sciences Humaines, 2018
The acquisition and application of English modals in appropriate contexts are among the essential aspects of second and foreign language acquisition.
Salima SELMEN
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Combining computation tree logic and deontic logic in natural deduction style calculus

, 2009
In this technical report we present a natural deduction calculus for branching-time deontic logic, a combination of the branching-time logic CTL and deontic modalities and prove its correctness.
Bolotov, A., Grigoriev, O.
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Critique of Telic Power

Journal of Social Ontology
Åsa Burman has recently introduced the important notion of telic power and differentiated it from deontic power in an attempt to build a bridge between ideal and non-ideal social ontology.
Sandro Guli, Luca Moretti
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Scaling deontic modality in parliamentary discourse [PDF]

Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text, 2016
In the paper we apply the scalarity principle to deontic modality and classify it into strong, medium and weak, with the ends of the spectrum suggesting the highest and the lowest degrees of imposition and necessity. We study the two extremes, the strong
Milica Vuković Stamatović
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On Deontic Passives

, 2021
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Accountability for amnesty [PDF]

, 2010
Amnesties are evidently contentious issues. The issue of immunity and impunity is significant in the peace versus justice debate. What this thesis attempts is to explain the grant of amnesty as a legally permissible exception from the norm that those who
O'Connor, Simon
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Adaptive deontic logics

, 2021
Adaptive Logics (ALs) are a viable and useful formal tool to handle various aspects of normative reasoning. In this chapter, we motivate, explain, illustrate, and discuss the use of ALs in deontic logic.
Van De Putte, Frederik, Meheus, Joke, Beirlaen, Mathieu   +2 more
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Wittgenstein Versus Hume: The IS-OUGHT Problem – Finally Solved

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
This paper shows that Wittgenstein’s situational approach applied to Hume’s is-ought problem leads to the conclusion that this famous Hume thesis is false both in its original version (lack of logical value of deontic sentences) and in its modern ...
Malec Andrzej
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