Chemical Possibility and Modal Semantics
Sharlow, Mark (2007) Chemical Possibility and Modal Semantics.
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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.
| Keywords: | modality, possibility, chemistry, possible worlds |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Chemistry |
| ID Code: | 3799 |
| Deposited By: | Sharlow, Mark |
| Deposited On: | 12 January 2008 |
| Additional Information: | A previous version of this paper appeared on the author's website. |