Still in the Mood: The Versatility of Subjunctive Markers in Modal Logic

Topoi - Tập 38 - Trang 361-377 - 2016
Kai F. Wehmeier1, Helge Rückert2
1Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, USA
2Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Tóm tắt

We investigate and compare two major approaches to enhancing the expressive capacities of modal languages, namely the addition of subjunctive markers on the one hand, and the addition of scope-bearing actuality operators, on the other. It turns out that the subjunctive marker approach is not only every bit as versatile as the actuality operator approach, but that it in fact outperforms its rival in the context of cross-world predication.

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