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Abstract
Aim of this paper is to present and evaluate linguistic ersatzism, an actualist metaphysics of modality according to which possible worlds are maximal and consistent sets of sentences. In the first section, I make some general considerations about reductive theories of modality and the relation between modality and possible worlds, in the second I present a specific version of linguistic ersatzism and in the last section I present what I take to be the major problem for this kind of theories, namely that of finding a suitable surrogate for the possibilist’s notion of a merely possible object.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
Linguistic research and analysis
Publication details
- Publisher
- Firenze University Press
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 195–213
- Publication date
- 8 July 2026
- Language
- EN