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Deontic Modals are Hyperintensional
2019I argue that deontic modals are hyperintensional, that is, logical equivalent contents cannot be substituted in their scope. I give two arguments, one is deductive and the other abductive. First, I simply prove that the contrary thesis leads to falsity; second, I claim that a hyperintensional theory of deontic modals fares better than its rivals in ...
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On the Reduction of Modalities in Deontic Calculuses
Mathematical structures and modeling, 2017Formal theories of deontic logic based on the Gentzen-type propositional calculus are considered. Syntactic and semantic differences between alethic and deontic calculi are analyzed in terms of the reduction of sequences of successive modal signs.
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For a Dynamic Semantics of Necessity Deontic Modals
2014Traditional approaches in deontic logic have focused on the so-called reportative reading of obligation sentences, by providing truth-functional semantics based on a primitive ideality order between possible worlds. Those approaches, however, do not take into account that, in natural language, obligation sentences primarly carry a prescriptive effect ...
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Truthmaker Semantics for Deontic Modals
2019In this chapter I briefly give a philosophical introduction to truthmaker semantics and I present Fine’s logic and semantics for imperatives, I discuss two philosophical difficulties for Fine’s account (but really, for every truthmaker semantics similar to his) and propose some technical solutions.
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Abstract Over the past fifteen years, linguists and philosophers of language have re-examined the canonical, Kratzerian semantics for modal expressions, with special attention paid to their epistemic and deontic uses. This chapter is an overview of the literature on deontic modal expressions.
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Counterfactual-Style Revisions in the Semantics of Deontic Modals
Journal of Semantics, 2010The article argues for a parallelism between the interpretation of deontic modals and the interpretation of counterfactuals. The main claim is that dependencies between facts play a role in the resolution of both types of modality: in both cases, facts 'stand and fall' together.
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On the free choice potential of epistemic and deontic modals
2013A number of constructions in various languages display a different behavior in the scope of epistemic and deontic modals. For example, the German indefinite determiner irgendein gives rise to different inferences under the two kinds of modals (Aloni and Port 2010; Kratzer and Shimoyama 2002). Furthermore, while the Romanian determiner vreun is licensed
Aloni, M., Franke, M.
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Deontic Modals: Why Abandon the Default Approach
Erkenntnis, 2017zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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Factoring Disjunction Out of Deontic Modal Puzzles
2014Ross’s puzzle (Ross, 1941) and the paradox of Free Choice Permission (Kamp, 1973), puzzles involving disjunction under deontic operators, have received wide discussion in recent work in natural language semantics. First, I contrast two opposed modal views—call them the “box-diamond” theory and EU theory—that form two poles of the contemporary debate ...
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French non-selected infinitive constructions expressing deontic modality
Zeitschrift Fur Franzosische Sprache Und Literatur, 2022Olga Kellert
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