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Possibilities Without Possible Worlds/Histories

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The paper puts forward a theory of historical modalities that is framed in terms of possible continuations rather than possible worlds or histories. The proposal is tested as a semantic theory for a language with historical modalities, tenses, and indexicals.

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Placek, T. Possibilities Without Possible Worlds/Histories. J Philos Logic 40, 737–765 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-010-9159-x

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