A Two-Dimensional Semantics for Epistemic Modals

Not everyone knows that water is H2O. Suppose Alice is one of those people. Alice says: "For all I know, water might not be H2O." Intuitively it seems like Alice has spoken truly. That is, it seems like it is epistemically possible (for Alice) that water is not H2O. However, conventional a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dan Quattrone
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2012-10-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/737