Meredith, Prior, and the history of possible worlds semantics

Jack Copeland

pp. 373-397

in: Torben Brauner, Per V. Hasle, Peter Øhrstrøm (eds), The logic of time and modality, Synthese 150 (3), 2006.

Abstract

This paper charts some early history of the possible worlds semantics for modal logic, starting with the pioneering work of Prior and Meredith. The contributions of Geach, Hintikka, Kanger, Kripke, Montague, and Smiley are also discussed.

Cited authors

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