ABSTRACT
Ontheassumptionthatthereexistagenerictense
operator1 ,thegenericreadingof(3)wouldberepresentedasshownin(5).
generic(whateverthereasonsforthismaybe),(2)will besimplytranslatedas(5)withoutthepasttenseoperator,i.e.:
activityisprovidedgenerallyspeakingbyconsidering
possiblyhypotheticaloccasionswheresuchactivityis
mighttrytocapturethedispositionalnatureofgeneric
predicatesbyusingstandardpossibleworldtechniques,
e.g.sayingthatwheneverIhavesomeproperty"generi-
counterfactualsituationswhereIhavethatpropertynon
regardedasbeingaboutparticulardancingevents.But
thiseffectwouldbeobtainedwithoutconstruing(2)as havingasitsdirectsubjectmatterastateofaffairsor anevent.
