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dc.contributor.advisorWilson, N.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Stephen Ernest Michaelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:48:54Z-
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:48:54Z-
dc.date.created2009-06-18en_US
dc.date.issued1975-07en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/500en_US
dc.identifier.other1114en_US
dc.identifier.other875688en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/9923-
dc.description.abstract<p>This thesis is an interpretation of the logical modalities with the formulation of a suitable semantics. The system devised, QS4.3*, is based on the modal system S4.3, with the defining axiom, ם]םpםכq] vם]םqםכp], and the addition of quantifiers. The "accessibility relation" for the system is reflexive, transitive and anti-symmetric which defines a partial-ordering of possible partial worlds, rather than of the usual possible worlds. The need for a partial-ordering allows for a fuller interpretation of truth in all/some possible partial worlds with respect to states-of-affairs and sub-states-of-affairs. This is possible with a restricted meaning of the possible world as a possible partial world.</p>en_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.titleThe Logical Modalities and Their Semanticsen_US
dc.typethesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPhilosophyen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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