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Modality (Noun)

A particular sense.

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

By studying each modality, researchers can better understand how our brains process sensory information from the environment.
This experiment tests subjects using three different modalities: visual, auditory, and tactile.
Each modality plays a significant role in a person's perception and interaction with the world.
Modalities such as olfaction and gustation work together to create the sensation of flavor.
Understanding how multiple modalities contribute to a unified perception of the world is a complex problem in neuroscience and psychology.

A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility.

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.

The philosopher argued that the modalities of possibility and necessity were essential concepts in the study of logic and reasoning.
Modalities such as obligation and permission are used in deontic logic to reason about moral and legal requirements.
Some philosophers have questioned the coherence of modalities, arguing that they are not well-defined or are reducible to other concepts.
The theory of modalities was developed by philosophers and logicians to better understand and formalize the notions of possibility and necessity.
Epistemic modalities, which concern the concepts of knowledge and belief, are a key area of study in formal epistemology and philosophical logic.

Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.

The modal verb 'can' indicates a certain modality in that it implies the speaker's recognition of the subject's ability to perform the action.
The use of the verb 'must' expresses a strong obligation modality, implying that the speaker deems it necessary or imperative.
Some languages rely heavily on grammatical modality to convey speaker attitudes toward the information.
In English, various modalities can be expressed through the use of auxiliary verbs such as 'may', 'should', 'will', and 'would'.
The potential modality of 'may' expresses a possibility that is perceived by the speaker.