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The notion of modality is almost inextricably intertwined with metaphysics, some kind of theory of what is real, what exists, and why (a theory of ‘first causes’). At the center of the commonsensical theory is the real world, but the idea is that there exist, or at least there can exist, other worlds.
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Kornai, A. (2023). Modality. In: Vector Semantics. Cognitive Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5607-2_6
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