Modal Pragmatics /

Modal Pragmatics analyzes and systematizes differences among our uses of modal expressions in ordinary language which have not been adequately explained elsewhere. We say such things as: "By necessity, John Tylor was not Jewish; no US-president ever was"; "The rooks cannot move diagon...

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Main Author: Utz, Konrad (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Paderborn : Mentis, Brill Deutschland, 2025.

Series: Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Call Number: PZ7.S588

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Konrad Utz
  • 1. Formal Necessity /
  • Konrad Utz
  • 2. Material Necessity /
  • Konrad Utz
  • On the Philosophical Significance of Modal Pragmatics /
  • Konrad Utz
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography /
  • Konrad Utz.