From worlds to probabilities: A probabilistic semantics for modal logic

Journal of Philosophical Logic 22 (2):169 - 192 (1993)
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I give a probabilistic semantics for modal logic in which modal operators function as quantifiers over Popper functions in probabilistic model sets, thereby generalizing Kripke's semantics for modal logic.

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Charles B. Cross
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