Abstract:I present an ordering semantics for modality in which possible worlds are ordered by ordering sources augmented with a partial order structure. This extension of Kratzer’s (1991) ordering semantics allows propositions to contribute to the ideal defined by an ordering source with differing degrees of priority and allows this priority relation to vary with the world of evaluation. Although the * operator of Katz et al. (2012) also allows ordering sources to be combined with different degrees of priority, I show … Show more
“…That conflicting ordering sources can be ranked relative to each other has been argued independently(Silk 2017;Reisinger 2018). Please see these references for formal implementations.…”
“…That conflicting ordering sources can be ranked relative to each other has been argued independently(Silk 2017;Reisinger 2018). Please see these references for formal implementations.…”
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