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Now there will be trouble. Two puzzles of tense-modal forcing

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We consider some examples in which “now” occurs in sentence-initial position. By means of semantic tests, we show that the meaning conveyed by such examples is different from the meaning of the corresponding sentences in which “now” has been dis- placed to sentence-final position. More specifically, we argue that the sentence-initial occurrence of “now” in the original examples triggers a modal reading for the con- taining sentence. We propose a general notion of modal forcing to provide a uniform account of this modal reading. Armed with this account, we offer a solution to two tense-modal puzzles, which have to do with fatalism and the possibility of a changing past.
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Fabio Del Prete, Giuseppe Spolaore. Now there will be trouble. Two puzzles of tense-modal forcing. 4th Annual IAPT Conference, International Association for the Philosophy of Time, Jun 2017, Gargnano del Garda, Italy. ⟨hal-01545360⟩
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