I Believe I Can ϕ

Authors

  • Matthew Aaron Mandelkern Massachusetts Institute of Technology Author
  • Ginger Schulteis Massachusetts Institute of Technology Author
  • David Boylan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Author

Abstract

We propose a new analysis of ability modals. After briefly criticizing extant approaches, we turn our attention to the venerable but vexed conditional analysis of ability ascriptions. We give an account that builds on the conditional analysis, but avoids its weaknesses by incorporating a layer of quantification over a contextually supplied set of actions.

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Published

2015-12-01

Issue

2015: Proceedings of the 20th Amsterdam Colloquium

Section

Conference Proceedings

License

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How to Cite

Mandelkern, M. A., Schulteis, G., & Boylan, D. (2015). I Believe I Can ϕ. Proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium, 256-265. https://platform.openjournals.nl/PAC/article/view/22300