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Possible Worlds Semantics
In Gillian Russell & Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language. New York, USA: Routledge. pp. 242-252 (2011)
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This chapter provides an introduction to possible worlds semantics in both logic and the philosophy of language, including a discussion of some of the advantages and challenges for possible worlds semantics.Author's Profile
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