Definition
Alethic modality is modality that connotes the speaker’s estimation of the logical necessity or possibility of the proposition expressed by his utterance.
Discussion
The adjective alethic is also used in expressions of specific degrees of alethic modality, such as:
- alethic possibility
- alethic necessity
Examples
(English)
Alfred is a bachelor; thus he must be unmarried.
Sources 3
- Lyons 1977b, 788–791
- Crystal 1985, 12
- Palmer 1986, 10–11