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| Presuppositions: are silent assumptions, which are contained in utterances. These assumptions are suggested by the context or conventions. E.g. "All my children sleep" presupposes that I have children. (See A. von Stechow, "Schritte zur Satzsemantik", ww.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~astechow/Aufsaetze/Schritte.pdf (26.06.2006) p. 80)._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Arnim von Stechow on Presuppositions - Dictionary of Arguments
80 Presupposition/Strawson: also for the falsity of "all my children are sleeping" the existence is a prerequisite. >Presuppositions/Strawson, >Existence, >Non-existence. Syllogisms/StrawsonVsAristoteles: the presupposition does not apply to the predicate term. >Syllogisms, >Predicates. Sentence meaning/Strawson: then no longer set of possible worlds but partial function of possible world in truth values - because it should be possible that there is no truth value at all. >Truth values, >Truth value gap, >Sentence meaning. 113 Presupposition/Stechow: a sentence presupposes all its logical consequences. Sentence meaning: partial function. Presupposition: set of situations - therefore propositions. >Possible worlds, >Propositions, >Situations. 121 (Existence-) presupposition: = limiting the scope - dom(p) = = pre-area presupposition of p. >Scope. 123 Presupposition/Stechow: the presupposition states that the evaluation situation must be in the field of argument proposition (i.e. meaning). A presupposition must be a meaning, not a truth value. Original place in the literature/Frege: Kepler died in misery: assumes that the name means something. >Thoughts/Frege. But the presupposition is not part of the thought (proposition), which is expressed by the sentence. >Designation, >Reference._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
A. von Stechow I Arnim von Stechow Schritte zur Satzsemantik www.sfs.uniï·"tuebingen.de/~astechow/Aufsaetze/Schritte.pdf (26.06.2006) |
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