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In this chapter I will shew that a language with Refn and actuallyn whose sentences have as semantic values sets of world sequences, has the power of explicit quantification over worlds. If quantification is the appropriate indication of ontological commitment this will shew that natural language is committed to possible worlds.
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Cresswell, M.J. (1990). Indices and World Variables. In: Entities and Indices. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2139-9_4
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