Outline of an Object-Based Truthmaker Semantics for Modals and Propositional Attitudes

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Against the background of standard possible-worlds semantics, this paper outlines a truthmaker approach to the semantics of attitude reports and modal sentences based on an ontology of attitudinal and modal objects.

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