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Possibilities Without Possible Worlds/Histories
Journal of Philosophical Logic 40 (6):737-765 (2011)
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The paper puts forward a theory of historical modalities that is framed in terms of possible continuations rather than possible worlds or histories. The proposal is tested as a semantic theory for a language with historical modalities, tenses, and indexicalsAuthor's Profile
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