Necessity and natural language
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Sarah Stebbins
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Article
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1980
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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In 'Three grades of modal involvement', W. V. Quine proposes that 'necessary' be construed as a predicate in natural languages, and not as the sentential operator of standard modal logics. 1 As a predicate, 'necessary' will attach to the names of sentences or propositions, rather than attaching dire