Accommodating Presuppositions

In this paper I elaborate on previous criticisms of the influential Stalnakerian account of presuppositions, pointing out that the well-known practice of informative presupposition puts heavy strain on Stalnaker's pragmatic characterization of the phenomenon of presupposition, in particular of...

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Autor: García-Carpintero, Manuel
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Fecha de publicación:2015
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Stalnaker, Robert
Presupposition (Logic)
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spelling Accommodating PresuppositionsGarcía-Carpintero, ManuelPressuposició (Lògica)Stalnaker, RobertPresupposition (Logic)In this paper I elaborate on previous criticisms of the influential Stalnakerian account of presuppositions, pointing out that the well-known practice of informative presupposition puts heavy strain on Stalnaker's pragmatic characterization of the phenomenon of presupposition, in particular of the triggering of presuppositions. Stalnaker has replied to previous criticisms by relying on the well-taken point that we should take into account the time at which presupposition-requirements are to be computed. In defense of a different, 'semantic' (in a sense) account of the phenomenon of presupposition, I argue that that point does not suffice to rescue the Stalnakerian proposal, and I portray Lewisian 'accommodation' as one way in which speakers adjust themselves to one another in the course of conversation.Springer Science + Business Media2017201720152017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion8 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/106402Articles publicats en revistes (Filosofia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-014-9264-5Topoi. An International Review of Philosophy , 2015, vol. 35, num. 1, p. 37-44https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-014-9264-5(c) Springer Science + Business Media, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1064022026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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García-Carpintero, Manuel
Pressuposició (Lògica)
Stalnaker, Robert
Presupposition (Logic)
title_short Accommodating Presuppositions
title_full Accommodating Presuppositions
title_fullStr Accommodating Presuppositions
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Stalnaker, Robert
Presupposition (Logic)
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Stalnaker, Robert
Presupposition (Logic)
description In this paper I elaborate on previous criticisms of the influential Stalnakerian account of presuppositions, pointing out that the well-known practice of informative presupposition puts heavy strain on Stalnaker's pragmatic characterization of the phenomenon of presupposition, in particular of the triggering of presuppositions. Stalnaker has replied to previous criticisms by relying on the well-taken point that we should take into account the time at which presupposition-requirements are to be computed. In defense of a different, 'semantic' (in a sense) account of the phenomenon of presupposition, I argue that that point does not suffice to rescue the Stalnakerian proposal, and I portray Lewisian 'accommodation' as one way in which speakers adjust themselves to one another in the course of conversation.
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