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Alexander has to be in Philly

November 08, 2025 Linguistics | Philosophy

Photo from Language Science Lunch Talk: Alexander Williams (LING/PHIL)

Witnessing an epistemic modal at its factory settings.

Friday November 14, Alexander gives the Speaker Series talk in the Linguistics Department at the University of Pennsylvania. The talk, "Must Haves," explores differences between putatively epistemic uses of "have to" and "must", an exploration carried out jointly with Valentine Hacquard, Dan Goodhue, and many reservations.