Syntax A

Study Material

 

Gethin, 11D – Obligation, Absence of Obligation

 

Distinguish between:

 

INTERNAL x EXTERNAL OBLIGATION

 

and

 

INTRINSIC (DEONTIC) x          EXTRINSIC (EPISTEMIC) MODALITY

 

 

 

 

OBLIGATION (internal and external) is a type of INTRINSIC MODALITY.

 

Only within OBLIGATION,             you distinguish between        INTERNAL and EXTERNAL.