Epistemic Claim
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An Epistemic Claim is a claim that is justified by ...
- See: Deontic Claim.
References
2007
- (von Fintel & Gillies, 2007) ⇒ Kai von Fintel, and Anthony S. Gillies. (2007). “An Opinionated Guide to Epistemic Modality.” In: Oxford Studies in Epistemology: Volume 2. edited by Tamar Szabo Gendler, John Hawthorne
- QUOTE: … When we encounter an unmodified modal on its own, as in (5), the context will have to help disambiguate:
(5) John has to be in New York.(5) could be an epistemic claim or a deontic claim. If epistemic, it might be based on just the speaker’s evidence or all available evidence or . . .
- QUOTE: … When we encounter an unmodified modal on its own, as in (5), the context will have to help disambiguate: