Deontic Modals: Why Abandon the Classical Semantics?

I begin by reviewing classical semantics and the problems presented by normative conflicts. After a brief detour through default logic, I establish some connections between the treatment of conflicts in each of these two approaches, classical and default, and then move on to consider some further is...

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Publicado en:	Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 95; no. 4; pp. 424 - 461
Autor principal:	Horty, John
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Dec2014
Materias:	Deontic logic Modal logic Semantics Conditionals (Logic) Reasoning
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Sumario:	I begin by reviewing classical semantics and the problems presented by normative conflicts. After a brief detour through default logic, I establish some connections between the treatment of conflicts in each of these two approaches, classical and default, and then move on to consider some further issues: priorities among norms, or reasons, conditional oughts, and reasons about reasons.