On the semantics and pragmatics of epistemic vocabulary
This paper motivates and develops a novel semantics for several epistemic expressions, including possibility and necessity modals and indicative conditionals. The semantics I defend constitutes an alternative to standard truth conditional theories, as it assigns sets of probability measures rather t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Linguistic Society of America
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Semantics and Pragmatics |
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| Online Access: | http://semprag.org/article/view/2917 |