Over a longer period than I sometimes care to contemplate I have
worked on possible-worlds semantics. The earliest work was in modal
logic, to which I keep returning, but a sabbatical in 1970 took me
to UCLA, there to discover the work of Richard Montague in applying
possible-worlds semantics to natural lan guage. My own version of
this appeared in Cresswell (1973) and was followed up in a number
of articles, most of which were collected in Cresswell (1985b). A
central problem for possible worlds semantics is how to accommodate
propositional attitudes. This problem was addressed in Cresswell
(1985a), and the three books mentioned so far represent a
reasonably complete picture of my positive views on formal
semantics. I have regarded the presentation of a positive view as
more important than the criticism of alternatives, although the
works referred to do contain many passages in which I have tried to
defend my own views against those of others. But such criticism is
important in that a crucial element in establishing the content of
a theory is that we be able to evaluate it in relation to its com
petitors. It is for that reason that I have collected in this
volume a number of articles in which I attempt to defend the
positive semantical picture I favour against objections and
competing theories."
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