Volume 14, Issue 1, Enero 1999
Valentin Omelyantchik
Pages 25-38
Aristotle’s Extensional Modality
Hintikka’s Intuitions, Lukasiewicz’s Logic and Mignucci’s Verdict
The paper discusses interpretations of Aristotle’s modal notions by modern commentators (J. Hintikka, J. Lukasiewiez, M. Mignucci). It is shown that the semantics of modal notions which the above mentioned authors attribute to Aristotle is based on the algebraic idea of multiplier.