Modality Matters
Author | : Henrik Lagerlund |
Publisher | : Uppsala Universitet |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Logic |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Henrik Lagerlund |
Publisher | : Uppsala Universitet |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Logic |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anna Papafragou |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0585474192 |
This volume focuses on the interplay between grammatical and pragmatic factors in the comprehension of lexically communicated meaning. It uses a case-study, modality, in order to illustrate how the plasticity of lexically conveyed information can be accounted for without assuming semantic polysemy. The author's approach to the semantics and pragmatics of the English modal verbs is developed within the relevance-theoretic framework of communication.
Author | : Otávio Bueno |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2020-12-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317585275 |
Modality - the question of what is possible and what is necessary - is a fundamental area of philosophy and philosophical research. The Routledge Handbook of Modality is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into seven clear parts: worlds and modality essentialism, ontological dependence, and modality modal anti-realism epistemology of modality modality in science modality in logic and mathematics modality in the history of philosophy. Within these sections the central issues, debates and problems are examined, including possible worlds, essentialism, counterfactuals, ontological dependence, modal fictionalism, deflationism, the integration challenge, conceivability, a priori knowledge, laws of nature, natural kinds, and logical necessity. The Routledge Handbook of Modality is essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of language. It will also be very useful for those in related fields in philosophy such as philosophy of mathematics, logic and philosophy of science.
Author | : Paul Portner |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2009-01-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0191558966 |
This is a book about semantic theories of modality. Its main goal is to explain and evaluate important contemporary theories within linguistics and to discuss a wide range of linguistic phenomena from the perspective of these theories. The introduction describes the variety of grammatical phenomena associated with modality, explaining why modal verbs, adjectives, and adverbs represent the core phenomena. Chapters are then devoted to the possible worlds semantics for modality developed in modal logic; current theories of modal semantics within linguistics; and the most important empirical areas of research. The author concludes by discussing the relation between modality and other topics, especially tense, aspect, mood, and discourse meaning. Paul Portner's accessible guide to this key area of current research 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 | : Mircea Dumitru |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 545 |
Release | : 2020-02-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199652627 |
This is the first book on the provocative and innovative contributions to philosophy of language, metaphysics, the philosophy of mathematics, and logic made by Kit Fine, one of the world's foremost philosophers. Topics covered include meaning and representation, arbitrary objects, essence, ontological realism, and the metaphysics of modality.
Author | : Bob Hale |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2010-03-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199565813 |
"The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions - are they objective features of mind-independent reality? This volume presents new work on modality by established leaders in the field and by up-and-coming philosophers."--[Source inconnue].
Author | : Anand Jayprakash Vaidya |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2023-03-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1000840433 |
This book collects original essays on the epistemology of modality and related issues in modal metaphysics and philosophical methodology. The contributors utilize both the newer "metaphysics-first" and the more traditional "epistemology-first" approaches to these issues. The chapters on modal epistemology mostly focus on the problem of how we can gain knowledge of possibilities, which have never been actualized, or necessities which are not provable either by logico-mathematical reasoning or by linguistic competence alone. These issues are closely related to some of the central issues in philosophical methodology, notably: to what extent is the armchair methodology of philosophy a reliable guide for the formation of beliefs about what is possible and necessary. This question also relates to the nature of thought experiments that are extensively used in science and philosophy. Epistemology of Modality and Philosophical Methodology will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working on the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, as well as those whose work is concerned with philosophical methodology more generally.
Author | : Melissa A. Bowles |
Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Heritage language speakers |
ISBN | : 1647122236 |
Modality Matters! A Look at Task-Based Outcomes / Julio Torres -- The Differential Effects of Three Types of Form-Focused, Computer-based Grammar Instruction : The Case of Receptive Heritage Learners / Sara M. Beaudrie and Bonnie C. Holmes -- Effects of Instruction on Specific Measures of Accuracy in Spanish Heritage Learners' Writing / Adrián Bello-Uriarte -- The Secret Is in The Processing : Categorizing How Spanish Heritage Learners Process / Celia Chomón Zamora -- What Type of Knowledge Do Implicit and Explicit Heritage Language Instruction Result In? / Melissa A. Bowles and Sara Fernández Cuenca -- "Incorporating Our Own Traditions and Our Own Ways of Trying to Learn the Language" : Beginning-level Spanish as a Heritage Language Students' Perception of Their SHL Learning Experience / Damián Vergara Wilson -- Beyond Registers of Formality and Other Categories of Stigmatization : Style, Awareness and Agency in SHL Education / Claudia Holguín Mendoza -- Towards an Understanding of the Relationship Between Heritage Language Programs and Latinx Student Retention and Graduation : An Exploratory Case Study / Diego Pascual y Cabo and Josh Prada -- Heritage and Second Language Learners' Voices and Views on Mixed Classes and Separate Tracks / Florencia G. Henshaw - Afterword : Studying Outcomes to Bridge the Gap between Teaching and Learning / Maria M. Carreira.
Author | : Robert C. Koons |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 1067 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1119116090 |
The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics presents an extensive examination of the key topics, concepts, and guiding principles of metaphysics. Represents the most comprehensive guide to metaphysics available today Offers authoritative coverage of the full range of topics that comprise the field of metaphysics in an accessible manner while considering competing views Explores key concepts such as space, time, powers, universals, and composition with clarity and depth Articulates coherent packages of metaphysical theses that include neo-Aristotelian, Quinean, Armstrongian, and neo-Humean Carefully tracks the use of common assumptions and methodological principles in metaphysics
Author | : Juhani Yli-Vakkuri |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1351730053 |
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.