Statements about Events Modal and Tense Analysis in Medieval Logic

Abstract

Now philosophers have thought about modal terms, modal propositions and modal syllogisms long before the notion of possible worlds was entertained. The question what interpretative model they used is a relevant one today. Jaako Hintikka and the circle of pupils and colleagues connected with him, in particular Simo Knuuttila, have tried to answer this question. They advance the following thesis1: underlying the modal analysis proposed by Aristotle and the scholastic