03253oam 2200673 c 450 991098450240332120260202090927.09783969753316(electronic bk.)978395743331210.30965/9783969753316(MiAaPQ)EBC31784903(Au-PeEL)EBL31784903(CKB)36590095900041(OCoLC)1472149342(nllekb)BRILL9783969753316(Brill | mentis)9783969753316(EXLCZ)993659009590004120260202d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierModal PragmaticsKonrad Utz1st ed.PaderbornBrill | mentis20241 online resource (121 pages)Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025Print version: Utz, Konrad Modal Pragmatics Boston : BRILL,c2024 9783957433312 Includes bibliographical references.Front Matter -- Preliminary Material /Konrad Utz -- 1. Formal Necessity /Konrad Utz -- 2. Material Necessity /Konrad Utz -- On the Philosophical Significance of Modal Pragmatics /Konrad Utz -- Back Matter -- Bibliography /Konrad Utz.Modal Pragmatics analyzes and systematizes differences among our uses of modal expressions in ordinary language which have not been adequately explained elsewhere. We say such things as: “By necessity, John Tylor was not Jewish; no US-president ever was”; “The rooks cannot move diagonally”; “It is still possible for you to catch the train”; “I am necessarily only in one place at a time”; “Peter will inevitably die; there is no antidote to the venom of the snake that bit him”. These differences are not sufficiently explained by distinctions between different types of modalities like alethic and deontic, or by different bases of evaluation like the speaker’s knowledge or an object’s history. They can, however, be clarified and more systematically defined by establishing a new field of modal differentiation, which we may call “modal pragmatics”. Apart from analyzing ordinary language, this may be helpful in formulating ontological theses.Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025.Formal necessitymaterial necessityconditioned necessitynecessity de retimeessentialismfacticityhappenstanceordinary languageFormal necessitymaterial necessityconditioned necessitynecessity de retimeessentialismfacticityhappenstanceordinary language111Utz Konradaut1793893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910984502403321Modal Pragmatics4334214UNINA