Modality and propositional attitudes /

This book shows that the semantic analysis of modal notions of possibility and necessity can be used to enhance our understanding of the interpretation of reports of belief or emotional state. It introduces intuitive notation and terminology to express ideas in modern theories of modal interpretatio...

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Main Author: Hegarty, Michael, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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505 0 |a Epistemic modality -- Root modality -- Bare attitude ascriptions -- Presupposition filtering and bouletic ascriptions -- Events and states -- Full attitude ascriptions: individuating mental states through propositional content -- Lower interpretation of negation -- Events in epistemic and root modal interpretation -- Attitude ascription in child development and Wernicke's aphasia. 
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