Category Archives: Publications

Update: Must … Stay … Strong!

Posted on January 21, 2010 by kvf

Thony and I are thrilled that our article “Must … Stay … Strong!” is to appear in Natural Language Semantics. The article is in production and a DOI has already been assigned but is not functional yet, DOI:10.1007/s11050-010-9058-2. The latest … Continue reading →

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Draft article on conditionals

Posted on September 30, 2009 by kvf

I have a draft of my article on conditionals for the new semantics handbook edited by Klaus von Heusinger, Claudia Maienborn, and Paul Portner. As you’ll see, I have kept the article at a fairly non-technical level while trying not … Continue reading →

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CIA Leaks is in Top Ten in 2008

Posted on September 8, 2009 by kvf

Thony and I were very happy to learn that The Philosopher’s Annual has declared “CIA Leaks” to be one of the ten best philosophy articles in 2008.

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New version of “Must … Stay … Strong!”

Posted on July 17, 2009 by kvf

Thony Gillies and I have put the finishing touches on a new version of our paper on the alleged weakness of epistemic must: von Fintel, Kai & Anthony S. Gillies. 2009. Must … stay … strong! URL http://mit.edu/fintel/fintel-gillies-2009-mss.pdf. Ms, MIT and … Continue reading →

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Mea Culpa

Posted on January 27, 2009 by kvf

As I mentioned, my article on presupposition accommodation appeared recently in Philosophical Perspectives, the annual supplement to Noûs. The article is in good company, as you’ll see when you look at the Table of Contents. Nevertheless, I should not have … Continue reading →

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Accommodation, Again

Posted on January 8, 2009 by kvf

My paper on presupposition accommodation has now appeared: von Fintel, Kai. 2008. What is presupposition accommodation, again? Philosophical Perspectives 22(1): 137–170. doi:10.1111/j.1520-8583.2008.00144.x. If you don’t have institutional access to the journal, send me email and I will send you a … Continue reading →

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Universals Article Has Appeared

Posted on June 18, 2008 by kvf

von Fintel, Kai & Lisa Matthewson. 2008. Universals in semantics. The Linguistic Review 25(1-2): 139–201. doi:10.1515/TLIR.2008.004.

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The State of the Epistemic Trilogy

Posted on May 21, 2008 by kvf

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: … Continue reading →

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CIA Leaks, Appeared

Posted on December 17, 2007 by kvf

“CIA Leaks”, the article Thony Gillies and I wrote about some problems for relativist analyses of epistemic modals, has now appeared in the Philosophical Review: Kai von Fintel & Anthony S. Gillies. 2008. “CIA Leaks”. The Philosophical Review, 117(1): 77–98. doi:10.1215/00318108-2007-025.

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“Must” … Stay … Strong!

Posted on December 8, 2007 by kvf

With my frequent collaborator, Thony Gillies, I am working on the fourth article in our trilogy on epistemic modality. The previous installments are, of course: The Article Formerly Known As “Epistemic Modality for Dummies” CIA Leaks Might Made Right The … Continue reading →

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