Modality (English spelling)

Japanese: 様相 - ようそう(英語表記)modality
Modality (English spelling)

A concept that expresses the way in which things or events exist or occur. Generally, it is almost the same as mode. Basic concepts of modality include modality of being (universal, particular), modality of truth (necessary, possible), modality of normativity (obligatory, permissive), modality of cognition (known, not known), and modality of time (present, past, future). In particular, modality of truth is also called logical modality, and has been the subject of modal logic since Aristotle's Preface to the Analytic. Kant considered modality to be one of the categories along with quantity, quality, and relation, but unlike the other categories, he thought that modality does not relate to the determination of objects, but merely expresses a relationship to the cognition faculty. In contrast, Hegel considered modality to express the essential determination of objective existence. This opposition has been carried over to modern times in the distinction between two interpretations of the concept of modality, namely, the modality of statement (de dicto), which applies to propositions, and the modality of event (de re), which applies to the attributes of things. Furthermore, since Kripke introduced the possible worlds model into the interpretation of modal logic, the concept of modality has become one of the central issues in contemporary philosophy.

[Noya Keiichi]

"Introduction to Modal Logic" by G. E. Hughes and M. J. Creswell, translated by Satoshi Miura et al. (1981, Koseisha Kouseikaku)""The Logic of Modality" by Taneomi Uchida (1978, Waseda University Press)

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事物やできごとが存在ないしは生起する仕方を表す概念。一般にあり方、様態にほぼ同じ。基本的な様相概念には、存在様相(全称、特称)、真理様相(必然的、可能的)、規範様相(義務的、許可的)、認識様相(知られている、いない)、時間様相(現在、過去、未来)などがある。とくに真理様相は論理的様相ともよばれ、アリストテレスの『分析論前書』以来、様相論理学の対象となってきた。カントは様相を量、質、関係と並ぶカテゴリーの一つとみなしたが、他のカテゴリーとは違い、様相は対象の規定にかかわるものではなく、認識能力に対する関係を表現するものにすぎないと考えた。それに対してヘーゲルは、様相を客観的存在の本質規定を表すものととらえた。この対立は現代では、様相概念の二つの解釈、すなわち様相を命題に適用されるものとする言表様相de dictoと事物の属性に適用されるとする事象様相de reの区別に引き継がれている。また様相論理学の解釈にクリプキが可能世界モデルを導入して以来、様相概念は現代哲学の中心問題の一つとなっている。

[野家啓一]

『G・E・ヒューズ、M・J・クレスウェル著、三浦聰他訳『様相論理入門』(1981・恒星社厚生閣)』『内田種臣著『様相の論理』(1978・早稲田大学出版部)』

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