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Embedding Epistemic Modals

Abstract:

Seth Yalcin has pointed out some puzzling facts about the behaviour of epistemic modals in certain embedded contexts. For example, conditionals that begin 'If it is raining and it might not be raining,...' sound unacceptable, unlike conditionals that begin 'If it is raining and I don't know it,...'. These facts pose a prima facie problem for an orthodox treatment of epistemic modals as expressing propositions about the knowledge of some contextually specified individual or group. This paper d...

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10.1093/mind/fzt091

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
MIND
Volume:
122
Issue:
488
Pages:
867-913
Publication date:
2013-10-01
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EISSN:
1460-2113
ISSN:
0026-4423
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:195060
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uuid:ab8b1403-4970-457f-8f82-dbb83422e7eb
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pubs:195060
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195060
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2014-06-07

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