Kratzer modals and conditionals pdf

Conditional meanings and ways of expressing them 2. Then, the restrictor analysis of lewiskratzerheim is intro duced as a. Kratzer 2012 conjectures that modals without duals may not. This course introduces standard semantic theories of modals and conditionals. 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. Yet, ifclauses very often serve to restrict modals in an explicit or implicit way. The books contents add up to some of the most important. Worlds,modals,conditionalsintensionalsemantics 1 limitationsoftheactualworld consider the fact that lewis carroll was the pen name of c. The semantics of conditional modality semantic scholar. Angelika kratzers classic work on modality and conditionals is one of the major achievements of. New approaches in word semantics research in text theory 6, 3874. Lewis, kratzer, and cem matthew mandelkern all souls college, 25 january, 2018 1turning to lewis lewis is concerned only with subjunctive conditionals. Anankastic conditionals are just conditionals semantics and.

Angelika kratzer, papers on modals and conditionals, paper collection, 2010 pdf. This work collects and dramatically expands upon angelika kratzer s now classic papers. Following the findings in the research of notional category of modals in kratzer 2010, the. In kratzers doubly relative semantics for modals and conditionals, the interpretation of modals is dependent on two conversational backgrounds.

Angelika kratzer modals and conditionals new and revised. Modals and conditionals paperback angelika kratzer. 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. 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. The book contains new editions of a selection of authors works on modals and conditionals. Request pdf modals and conditionals again of an expression. Conditionals cian dorr and john hawthorne topics and readings week 1. Modals and conditionals lie at the center of philosophical inquiry. Aftercataloguingvariousimpropersensesofonly,ockham remarksthat thesearethesenses,then,inwhichtheexclusive expressioncanbetakenimproperly. In accounting for the meaning of both modals and conditionals it is useful to use relations.

The lewiskratzer semantics has difficulties accounting for these conditionals, as first observed by kjell johan. Endorsements for angelika kratzers modals and conditionals. Modals, conditionals, and probabilistic generative models topic 1. The book contains new editions of a selection of authors works on. Modals, conditionals, and probabilistic generative models.