Noel Burton-Roberts

The Limits to Debate

A Revised Theory of Semantic Presupposition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Noel Burton-Roberts has made an authoritative contribution to a debate which has involved philosophers and linguists for many years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780521101936
• ISBN-10: 052110193X
• Artikelnr.: 25856543

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Prevailing Concept of Semantic Presupposition: 1. The Standard Logical Definition of Presupposition
2. Further aspects of the prevailing concept
Part II. The Distinction between a Trivalent Logic and a Two-Valued Logic with Gaps: 3. Developing the distinction
4. Classical validity and the distinction
5. Standard presupposition and the distinction
Part III. Presupposition in a Two-Valued Logic with Gaps
6. The base definition and its projective implications
7. Generalised presupposition
8. Projective properties of generalised presupposition
9. Revised presupposition and the logical status of simple sentences
10. The pragmatics of 'presupposition cancellation'
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index.