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modality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Modality may
refer to:
Modality (theology), the
organization and
structure of the church, as distinct...
- the
elements of
modality Modal matrix, used in the
diagonalization process involving eigenvalues and
eigenvectors Modal phenomena Modal administration...
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linguistics and philosophy,
modality refers to the ways
language can
express various relationships to
reality or truth. For instance, a
modal expression may convey...
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necessity ("must"), in
terms of one of the
following types of
modality:
epistemic modality,
concerned with the
theoretical possibility of
propositions being...
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Epistemic modality is a sub-type of
linguistic modality that encomp****es knowledge, belief, or
credence in a proposition.
Epistemic modality is exemplified...
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Modal adverbs are adverbs, such as probably, necessarily, and
possibly that
express modality, i.e., possibility, necessity, or contingency. The Cambridge...
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Stimulus modality, also
called sensory modality, is one
aspect of a
stimulus or what is
perceived after a stimulus. For example, the
temperature modality is...
- necessary.
Other systems of
modal logic have been formulated, in part
because S5 does not
describe every kind of
modality of interest.
Sequent calculi...
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Deontic modality (abbreviated DEO) is a
linguistic modality that
indicates how the
world ought to be
according to
certain norms, expectations, speaker...
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Modal metaphysics is a
branch of
philosophy that
investigates the
metaphysics underlying statements about possible or
neccesary statements.
Modal logic...
