Abstract
This paper argues that NPs with case as head noun stand for situations in their role as truthmakers within a sentential or epistemic case space. The paper develops a unified semantic analysis of case-constructions of the various sorts within a truthmaker-based version of alternative semantics.
Highlights
Situations have come to play a significant role in semantic theory
The overall view this paper develops is that cases, the entities case-constructions make reference to, are situations in their role as truthmakers, and that within a space of alternative situations, a ‘case space’
Let me start with clarifying the ontology of situations, the entities that can play the semantic role of truthmakers
Summary
Let me start with clarifying the ontology of situations, the entities that can play the semantic role of truthmakers. The situations that case-constructions make reference to are situations that are fully specific parts of possible (or even impossible) worlds They are on a par with worldly facts in the sense of Austin (1950, 1961), rather than non-worldly facts in the sense of Strawson (1949).. Cases do not share the existence predicate specific to non-worldly facts, namely obtain. Cases are fully specific situations and as such distinct from events, states, facts, and possibilities. In their role as epistemic future alternatives they may come with their own case-specific existence predicate
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