An Argument Against General Validity?

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 1 (1):4-9 (2012)
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This paper argues that a prominent—and oft-thought to be persuasive—argument against general validity as the best account of validity for languages containing the actuality operator is flawed, the flaw arising out of inadequate attention to the formalisation of mood distinctions

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10.1002/tht3.1

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