Kratzer modals and conditionals pdf

In work beginning in the 1970s, kratzer proposes a vantage point from which it can be seen that modals and conditionals share a common logical structure, that of quantification generally. The quest for certainty approaching ideals practical inference conditionals onclusion it would be considered naive today to attempt, as did. Then, the restrictor analysis of lewis kratzer heim is introduced as a theory of how conditional meanings come about compositionally. Then, the restrictor analysis of lewiskratzerheim is intro duced as a. This work collects and dramatically expands upon angelika kratzer s now classic papers. Dorothy edgington, conditionals entry in the stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Worlds,modals,conditionalsintensionalsemantics 1 limitationsoftheactualworld consider the fact that lewis carroll was the pen name of c. This book contains updated and substantially revised versions of angelika kratzer s classic papers on modals and conditionals, including what must and can must and can mean, partition and revision, the notional category of modality, conditionals, an investigation of the lumps of thought, and facts. The book contains new editions of a selection of authors works on modals and conditionals.

In kratzers doubly relative semantics for modals and conditionals, the interpretation of modals is dependent on two conversational backgrounds. Modals and conditionals paperback angelika kratzer. Kratzer 2012 conjectures that modals without duals may not. Modals, conditionals, and probabilistic generative models topic 1. Modals and conditionals lie at the center of philosophical inquiry. Furthermore, conditionals are usually not considered in connec tion with modality. The semantics of conditional modality semantic scholar. Request pdf modals and conditionals again of an expression. The lewiskratzer account provides a theory of this. In accounting for the meaning of both modals and conditionals it is useful to use relations. Conditional meanings and ways of expressing them 2. Conditionals cian dorr and john hawthorne topics and readings week 1. The books contents add up to some of the most important.

Angelika kratzer modals and conditionals new and revised. Endorsements for angelika kratzers modals and conditionals. Following the findings in the research of notional category of modals in kratzer 2010, the. The lewiskratzer semantics has difficulties accounting for these conditionals, as first observed by kjell johan. The book contains new editions of a selection of authors works on.

Anankastic conditionals are just conditionals semantics and. Modals, conditionals, and probabilistic generative models. Angelika kratzer, papers on modals and conditionals, paper collection, 2010 pdf. In the first part of the course, we will cover basic concepts of modal logic and possible worlds semantics and briefly survey the classics of the relevant literature. Aftercataloguingvariousimpropersensesofonly,ockham remarksthat thesearethesenses,then,inwhichtheexclusive expressioncanbetakenimproperly. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Lewis, kratzer, and cem matthew mandelkern all souls college, 25 january, 2018 1turning to lewis lewis is concerned only with subjunctive conditionals. Yet, ifclauses very often serve to restrict modals in an explicit or implicit way. New approaches in word semantics research in text theory 6, 3874.