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II 15
Standard Semantics/modal logic/Hintikka: problem: the alternative worlds must be formed from the same individual domain and also from the same domain of predicates (basic term).
That is, the individuals must all already exist!
II 46
Def Scenario/Hintikka: a scenario is everything that is compatible with the knowledge of a knowing person b. We can also call it b's worlds of knowledge.
II 56
Def relevant world/Hintikka: relevant worlds are all those which are compatible with the knowledge of a person considered here.
II 189
Def Qualitative/terminology/Hintikka: terminology corresponds to a yes-no distinction. Contrast: the contrast is comparative.
II 216
Def Desideratum/Hintikka: the desideratum is the piece of information that provides a complete answer to a question. E.g. (3) is the desideratum of (2).
(2) Who killed Roger Ackroyd?
(3) I know who killed Roger Ackroyd.
II 217
(3) can be analyzed as:
(4) (Ex) I know that (x killed Ackroyd)
Where "x" is about people.
Def Conclusive/conclusive answer/Hintikka: an answer is conclusive iff. (5) implies (4), for example,
(5) I know that d has killed Ackroyd.
(4) (Ex) I know that (x killed Ackroyd).
Problem: normally the implication is valid, but it can be because "d" (on different occasions) does not refer to the same person.
II 221
Presupposition/questions/Hintikka: the presupposition of a question is obtained by omitting the extreme epistemic operator ("I know that") from the desideratum of the question.
Definition matrix of a question/Hintikka: the matrix of a question is the presupposition obtained from the desideratum without the utmost epistemic operator.
Def Meaning/Hintikka: meaning is the function of possible worlds on extensions.
Worlds: worlds are the arguments of functions that are meanings.
Intentionality/Hintikka: if intentionality is to be defined by the necessity of explaining it through possible worlds, we must examine possible counterexamples.

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