At the APA Eastern Division meeting tomorrow, I am joined by Thony Gillies and John MacFarlane in giving an “informational session” on epistemic modals. I am in charge of providing the linguistic perspective. I have put online my slides and some selected references.
Update: Thanks to the incompetence of Delta Airlines, I am unable to present my talk in New York, so the slides are all there is.
Another Update: Brian Weatherson jumped in and presented my slideshow. By all accounts, he did a fantastic job. Thanks, Brian! Check out his post-mortem, especially about the evidential aspects of epistemic modals.