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Some logical properties of modal languages in which actuality is expressible are investigated. It is argued that, if a sentence like 'Actually, Quine is a distinguished philosopher' is understood as a special case of world-indexed sentences (the index being the actual world), then actuality can be expressed only under strong modal assumptions. Some rival rigid and indexical approaches to actuality are discussed.
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Miroiu, A. Actuality and World-Indexed Sentences. Studia Logica 63, 311–330 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005242718026
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005242718026