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Foundational Issues in Presupposition
Author(s) -
Simons Mandy
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00028.x
Subject(s) - presupposition , phenomenon , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , sociology , psychology
This essay provides a brief introduction to the topic of presupposition, and then discuses three major approaches to this phenomenon, focusing on the answers which each approach gives to two foundational questions: What is presupposition? And how, or why, does it arise?
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