Circumstantial and temporal dependence in counterfactual modals
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Circumstantial and Temporal Dependence in Counterfactual Modals
“Counterfactual” readings of might/could have were previously analyzed using metaphysical modal bases. This paper presents examples and scenarios where the assumptions of such a branching-time semantics are not met, because there are facts at the base world and time which exclude the complement of the modal being true or becoming true. Additional arguments show that counterfactual readings are ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Natural Language Semantics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0925-854X,1572-865X
DOI: 10.1007/s11050-012-9082-5