Embedding Epistemic Modals
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&...
Main Authors: | Dorr, C, Hawthorne, J |
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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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