Thony Gillies and I are wrapping up the work on our trilogy on epistemic modality. Two of the articles have now appeared, one will appear later this year, and the last is about to be submitted.[*] Here is the line-up:
- Kai von Fintel & Anthony S. Gillies. 2007. “An Opinionated Guide to Epistemic Modality”. In Oxford Studies in Epistemology: Volume 2, edited by Tamar Szabó Gendler & John Hawthorne, pp. 32-62. Oxford University Press.
- Kai von Fintel & Anthony S. Gillies. 2008. “CIA Leaks”. The Philosophical Review, 117(1): 77–98. doi:10.1215/00318108-2007-025.
- Kai von Fintel & Anthony S. Gillies. 2008. “Might Made Right”. To appear in a volume on epistemic modality, edited by Andy Egan and Brian Weatherson, Oxford University Press.
- Kai von Fintel & Anthony S. Gillies. 2008. “Must … Stay … Strong!”. ms, MIT and University of Michigan.
For now, we’re going to leave it at that, although we have been approached about the idea of writing a book on the topic. This summer, we’re planning to turn to some puzzles about deontic conditionals (just as soon as we’re done being glued to the screen watching Euro 2008).
[*]: Yes, that’s four articles, so the trilogy is somewhat inaccurately named. But that is still not quite as inaccurate as Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy with its five books.