Meredith, Prior, and the History of Possible Worlds Semantics

Synthese 150 (3):373-397 (2006)
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This paper charts some early history of the possible worlds semantics for modal logic, starting with the pioneering work of Prior and Meredith. The contributions of Geach, Hintikka, Kanger, Kripke, Montague, and Smiley are also discussed.

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Past, present and future.Arthur N. Prior - 1967 - Oxford,: Clarendon P..
Semantical Considerations on Modal Logic.Saul Kripke - 1963 - Acta Philosophica Fennica 16:83-94.
Time and modality.Arthur N. Prior - 1955 - Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
A completeness theorem in modal logic.Saul Kripke - 1959 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 24 (1):1-14.

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