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The Modality of Finite (Graded Modalities VII) [PDF]
Mathematical Logic Quarterly, 1999 AbstractWe prove a completeness theorem for Kf, an extension of K by the operator ⋄f that means “there exists a finite number of accessible worlds such that … is true, plus suitable axioms to rule it. This is done by an application of the method of consistency properties for modal systems as in [4] with suitable adaptations.
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Modal Scepticism, Unqualified Modality, and Modal Kinds
Philosophia, 2011I formulate and defend two sceptical theses on specific parts of our modal knowledge (unqualified and absolute modalities). My main point is that unqualified modal sentences are defective in that they fail to belong unambiguously to specific modal kinds and thus cannot be evaluated; hence, we must be sceptical of beliefs involving them.
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Modal Persistence and Modal Travel [PDF]
Ratio, 2014 AbstractWe argue that there is an interesting modal analogue of temporal persistence, namely modal persistence, and an interesting modal analogue of time travel, namely modal travel. We explicate each of these notions and then argue that there are plausible conditions under which some ordinary objects modally persist. We go on to consider whether it is
Michael Duncan, Kristie Miller
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2001
This is an advanced 2001 textbook on modal logic, a field which caught the attention of computer scientists in the late 1970s. Researchers in areas ranging from economics to computational linguistics have since realised its worth. The book is for novices and for more experienced readers, with two distinct tracks clearly signposted at the start of each ...
Blackburn, P., de Rijke, M., Venema, Y.
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This is an advanced 2001 textbook on modal logic, a field which caught the attention of computer scientists in the late 1970s. Researchers in areas ranging from economics to computational linguistics have since realised its worth. The book is for novices and for more experienced readers, with two distinct tracks clearly signposted at the start of each ...
Blackburn, P., de Rijke, M., Venema, Y.
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Journal of Philosophy, 1986
AbstractIn the first part of this chapter, I sketch out three grades of modal realism. After developing modal realism, I examine David Lewis's modal theory. I argue that Lewis's theory satisfies none of the grades of modal realism, and that it is really a case of modal reductionism. In particular, I demonstrate that Counterpart Theory is a rejection of
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AbstractIn the first part of this chapter, I sketch out three grades of modal realism. After developing modal realism, I examine David Lewis's modal theory. I argue that Lewis's theory satisfies none of the grades of modal realism, and that it is really a case of modal reductionism. In particular, I demonstrate that Counterpart Theory is a rejection of
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Synthese, 1968
Over the past thirty-two years, Quine has presented a number of arguments against the modalities, his criticism culminating in Word and Object. During the same period, modal logic has flourished as never before, and a number of semantic systems for the different modalities have been proposed, apparently quite unencumbered by Quine’s criticism.
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Over the past thirty-two years, Quine has presented a number of arguments against the modalities, his criticism culminating in Word and Object. During the same period, modal logic has flourished as never before, and a number of semantic systems for the different modalities have been proposed, apparently quite unencumbered by Quine’s criticism.
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Remarks on Modalization and Modalities
1991“Modalization and Modalities” needs no criticism as a careful recounting of Husserl’s genetic analyses of disjunction and negation. If the paper has a weakness, it is in the presentation of the tradition and situation of modal logic and its semantics (as opposed to classical logic and its semantics) in relation to these Husserlian doctrines.
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Modal Synthesis Modal Correction — Modal Coupling
1982Modal synthesis is a technical term closely related to the development of the finite element technique. Especially in dealing with large structural systems with some thousand physical degrees of freedom, modal synthesis has proved to be an efficient means to reduce computational errors and to minimize computer costs by decomposing the system into ...
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Modal adverbs and modality scales
Lingua, 1987Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe the linguistic function of modal adverbs in natural languages. First, I shall introduce the concept of operator, as it should be defined within the framework of GB of TGG. At LF an operator is a function which, from a specific syntactic position, modifies a set of properties, and this information is going
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Modal Rationalism and Modal Monism [PDF]
Erkenntnis, 2008 Modal rationalism includes the thesis that ideal primary positive conceivability entails primary possibility. Modal monism is the thesis that the space of logically possible worlds is coextensive with the space of metaphysically possible worlds. In this paper I explore the relation between the two theses.
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