Sharlow, Mark (2007) Chemical Possibility and Modal Semantics. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In the course of their work, chemists sometimes judge particular chemical processes to be possible or impossible. In this note I examine the semantics of the notion of possibility implicit in these judgments. I argue that standard possible worlds semantics does not allow an adequate analysis of this notion, and I suggest a modification of possible worlds semantics that may overcome this limitation.
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| Additional Information: | A previous version of this paper appeared on the author's website. | ||||||
| Keywords: | modality, possibility, chemistry, possible worlds | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Mark Sharlow | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2008 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:16 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 3799 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry | ||||||
| Date: | May 2007 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3799 |
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