Epistemic and Deontic Should

Epistemic and Deontic Should

Probabilistic theories of “should” and “ought” face a predicament. At first blush, it seems that such theories must provide different lexical entries for the epistemic and the deontic interpretations of these modals. I show that there is a new style of premise semantics that can avoid this consequen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Thought (Hoboken, N.J.) N.J.), 2013-03, Vol.2 (1), p.73-84
1. Verfasser: Cariani, Fabrizio
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
deontic modals
epistemic modals
Epistemology
Philosophy
premise semantics
probability
relevant alternatives
Semantics
Theory
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Zusammenfassung:Probabilistic theories of “should” and “ought” face a predicament. At first blush, it seems that such theories must provide different lexical entries for the epistemic and the deontic interpretations of these modals. I show that there is a new style of premise semantics that can avoid this consequence in an attractively conservative way.
ISSN:2161-2234
2161-2234
DOI:10.1002/tht3.61