Epistemic Modals Are Assessment‐Sensitive 论文

摘要

By “epistemic modals, ” I mean epistemic uses of modal words: adverbs like “neces-sarily, ” “possibly, ” and “probably, ” adjectives like “necessary, ” “possible, ” and “proba-ble, ” and auxiliaries like “might, ” “may, ” “must, ” and “could. ” It is hard to say exactly what makes a word modal, or what makes a use of a modal epistemic, without begging