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Mind, 1966
Abstract In this paper, a confusion between evaluative and prescriptive uses of “ought” is located, and the prescriptive use of deontic operators is then recommended.
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Abstract In this paper, a confusion between evaluative and prescriptive uses of “ought” is located, and the prescriptive use of deontic operators is then recommended.
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From deontic modality to conditionality
Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 2022AbstractWhile epistemic modality has been suggested to be a modal source of conditionality, deontic modality has been generally overlooked. Using data from Classical Chinese and the Invited Inferencing Theory of Semantic Change, this study demonstrates that the deontic modalbitends to invite inferences of conditionality in contexts where it is used ...
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2018
Modality, as it is usually understood in contemporary philosophy, has to do with necessities and possibilities. Deontic modality is a kind of modality which has to do with what is necessary or possible according to various rules, such as the norms of morality, the principles of practical rationality or the laws of some country.
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Modality, as it is usually understood in contemporary philosophy, has to do with necessities and possibilities. Deontic modality is a kind of modality which has to do with what is necessary or possible according to various rules, such as the norms of morality, the principles of practical rationality or the laws of some country.
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Relativised deontic modalities in SDL
1998A normative rule is aimed at actors, who are expected to follow the norms specified by the (relevant) authority. The addition of actors to DDL allows us to express who has the responsibility for performing an action. For instance, the applicability of the norm ‘it is obligatory to perform action β (O(β))’ depends on the individual for whom the norm is ...
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Acquisition of epistemic and deontic meaning of modals
Journal of Child Language, 1982ABSTRACTModal auxiliaries have an epistemic and deontic sense and range in strength, e.g. must propositions are stronger than may propositions. Children (ages 3; 0–6; 6) heard two contradictory modal propositions of varying strength. In the epistemic condition, the propositions concerned the location of a peanut.
W, Hirst, J, Weil
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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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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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Mind & Language
According to one view of alethic modality, alethic modality is deontic modality with respect to thoughts or language. To say that something is necessary is to prescribe norms on how we must think or use language. This view has been argued to have many philosophical advantages over the traditional view that takes alethic modality to describe things in ...
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According to one view of alethic modality, alethic modality is deontic modality with respect to thoughts or language. To say that something is necessary is to prescribe norms on how we must think or use language. This view has been argued to have many philosophical advantages over the traditional view that takes alethic modality to describe things in ...
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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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Decision-theoretic relativity in deontic modality
Linguistics and Philosophy, 2018This paper explores the idea that a semantics for ‘ought’ should be neutral between different ways of deciding what an agent ought to do in a situation (e.g. different decision theories). While the idea is, I argue, well-motivated, taking it seriously leads to surprising, even paradoxical, problems for theorizing about the meaning of ‘ought’.
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