Modality
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Author |
: Paul Portner |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199292424 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199292426 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modality by : Paul Portner
This comprehensive review and critical synthesis of research on modality focuses on formal theories within linguistics and related aspects of philosophical logic. It will be welcomed by students of linguistics at graduate level and above, as well as by researchers in philosophy, computational science, and related fields.
Author |
: W.G. Lycan |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 1994-08-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0792330072 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780792330073 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modality and Meaning by : W.G. Lycan
Part I of this book presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. `Worlds' themselves are understood as structured sets of properties; this `Ersatzist' view is defended against its most vigorous competitors, Meinongianism and David Lewis' theory of existent concrete worlds. Related issues of essentialism and linguistic reference are explored. Part II takes up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-world semantics. There are skeptical analyses of analyticity and the notion of a logical constant; and an `infinite polysemy' thesis is defended. The book will be of particular interest to metaphysicians, possible-world semanticists, philosophers of language, and linguists concerned with lexical semantics.
Author |
: Juana I. Marín-Arrese |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 459 |
Release |
: 2013-12-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110286328 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110286327 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis English Modality by : Juana I. Marín-Arrese
The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lithuanian, Spanish). Given the complexity of the relations among modal and evidential expressions, their constant diachronic evolution, and the variation found in different English-speaking areas, and in different genres and discourse domains, the volume addresses the following issues: the conceptual nature of modality, the relationship between the domains of modality and evidentiality, the evolution and current status of the modal auxiliaries and other modal expressions, the relationship with neighbouring grammatical categories (tense, aspect, mood), and the variation in different discourse domains and genres, in modelling stance and discourse identities.
Author |
: Juhani Yli-Vakkuri |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 490 |
Release |
: 2018-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351730044 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351730045 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Williamson on Modality by : Juhani Yli-Vakkuri
Timothy Williamson is one of the most influential living philosophers working in the areas of logic and metaphysics. His work in these areas has been particularly influential in shaping debates about metaphysical modality, which is the topic of his recent provocative and closely-argued book Modal Logic as Metaphysics (2013). This book comprises ten essays by metaphysicians and logicians responding to Williamson’s work on metaphysical modality, as well as replies by Williamson to each essay. In addition, it contains an original essay by Williamson, ‘Modal science,’ concerning the role of modal claims in natural science. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
Author |
: Paola Pietrandrea |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2005-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027230843 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027230846 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Epistemic Modality by : Paola Pietrandrea
This volume offers an original theoretical and methodological approach to the hotly debated issue of epistemic modality. The analysis is conducted in a rigorous typological frame developed after a careful consideration of a wealth of cross-linguistic data, and focuses on Italian, a language often disregarded in comparative analyses. The complexity of the Italian epistemic system provides relevant information that will undoubtedly foster a better understanding of the topic. A new definition of epistemic modality is proposed on a functional basis and the structure of the Italian epistemic system is closely described. The morpho-syntactic characteristics of Italian epistemic forms are regarded as the result of the dialectic between universal functional pressures and peculiar system resistances. Shaped by the system, epistemic modality emerges as an intrinsically linguistic category, which cannot be downsized to a mere conceptual notion, as other approaches would propose.
Author |
: Rani Lill Anjum |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2018-05-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351009799 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351009796 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Tends to Be by : Rani Lill Anjum
People tend to enjoy listening to music or watching television, sleeping at night and celebrating birthdays. Plants tend to grow and thrive in sunlight and mild temperatures. We also know that tendencies are not perfectly regular and that there are patterns in the natural world, which are reliable to a degree, but not absolute. What should we make of a world where things tend to be one way but could be another? Is there a position between necessity and possibility? If there is, what are the implications for science, knowledge and ethics? This book explores these questions and is the first full-length treatment of the philosophy of tendencies. Anjum and Mumford argue that although the philosophical language of tendencies has been around since Aristotle, there has not been any serious commitment to the irreducible modality that they involve. They also argue that the acceptance of an irreducible and sui generis tendential modality ought to be the fundamental commitment of any genuine realism about dispositions or powers. It is the dispositional modality that makes dispositions authentically disposition-like. Armed with this theory the authors apply it to a variety of key philosophical topics such as chance, causation, epistemology and free will.
Author |
: Frank Robert Palmer |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2001-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521804795 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521804790 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mood and Modality by : Frank Robert Palmer
Palmer investigates the category of modality, drawing on a wealth of examples from a wide variety of languages.
Author |
: Jacqueline Guéron |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2008-07-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781402083549 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1402083548 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Time and Modality by : Jacqueline Guéron
Here is a unique work of reference. Not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality, but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model.
Author |
: William Frawley |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2008-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110197570 |
ISBN-13 |
: 311019757X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Expression of Modality by : William Frawley
This book covers the essentials of modality and offers both foundational ideas and cutting edge advances. The book consists of what are essentially tutorials on modality and modal notions, covering definitions of modality, morphosyntactic form, conceptual and logical semantics, historical development, and acquisition. There are also specific chapters on modality in Zapotec and American Sign Language, which show the range of forms that modal notions can take. To assist its tutorial function, the book closes with a comprehensive conceptual outline of all the chapters. Key features: new series textbook covers the essentials of modality
Author |
: Barbara Vetter |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 349 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198714316 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198714319 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Potentiality by : Barbara Vetter
Individual objects have potentials: paper has the potential to burn, an acorn has the potential to turn into a tree, some people have the potential to run a mile in less than four minutes. Barbara Vetter provides a systematic investigation into the metaphysics of such potentials, and an account of metaphysical modality based on them. In contemporary philosophy, potentials have been recognized mostly in the form of so-called dispositions: solubility, fragility, and so on. Vetter takes dispositions as her starting point, but argues for and develops a more comprehensive conception of potentiality. She shows how, with this more comprehensive conception, an account of metaphysical modality can be given that meets three crucial requirements: (1) Extensional correctness: providing the right truth-values for statements of possibility and necessity; (2) formal adequacy: providing the right logic for metaphysical modality; and (3) semantic utility: providing a semantics that links ordinary modal language to the metaphysics of modality. The resulting view of modality is a version of dispositionalism about modality: it takes modality to be a matter of the dispositions of individual objects (and, crucially, not of possible worlds). This approach has a long philosophical tradition going back to Aristotle, but has been largely neglected in contemporary philosophy. In recent years, it has become a live option again due to the rise of anti-Humean, powers-based metaphysics. The aim of Potentiality and Possibility is to develop the dispositionalist view in a way that takes account of contemporary developments in metaphysics, logic, and semantics.