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Presupposition projection as proof construction [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Even though Van der Sandt's presuppositions as anaphora approach is empirically successful, it fails to give a formal account of the interaction between world-knowledge and presuppositions.
A Ranta   +26 more
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Presuppositions in Context: Constructing Bridges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
About the book: The First International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modelling and Using Context, Rio de Janeiro, January 1997, gave rise to the present book, which contains a selection of the papers presented there, thoroughly refereed and ...
Bonzon, P.   +4 more
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Presupposition [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة کلیة الآداب .جامعة بورسعید, 2018
There are various senses in which one statement may be said to ‘presuppose’ another, senses which are in permanent danger of being confused. Prominent among them are Strawsonian presupposition, a relation which obtains between statements when the falsity of one deprives the other of truth-value (for example, ‘There was such a person as Kepler’ is a ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Homophonic Prejudices

open access: yesCrítica, 2019
I critically discuss some aspects of Mark Sainsbury’s Reference without Referents, from an otherwise sympathetic viewpoint. My objections focus on the adequacy of the truth-conditional framework that Sainsbury presupposes.
Manuel García-Carpintero
doaj   +1 more source

The Plurivocal Character of Hermeneutics – Moving beyond the Quest for Objectivity [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines, 2014
As a science, hermeneutics started out in the area of theology. Dealing with revealed texts, the interpreters would be interested in searching out for the authorial intent.
Liviu URSACHE
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Slurs as the Shortcut of Discrimination

open access: yesRivista di Estetica, 2017
The last decade saw a growing interest for hate speech and the ways in which language reflects and perpetuates discrimination, with two main focuses of interest: a linguistic-oriented question about how slurs encode evaluation on the one hand, and a ...
Bianca Cepollaro
doaj   +1 more source

Analytic philosophy and scriptural interpretations

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The task of interpreting the Holy Scriptures has been a daunting enterprise throughout the history of the Church. This article explores how analytic philosophy could be promising in biblical interpretation.
Aku S. Antombikums
doaj   +1 more source

Selecting Presuppositions in Conditional Clauses. Results from a Psycholinguistic Experiment.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
In this paper, we propose an experiment concerning the presupposition selection in conditional sentences containing a presupposition trigger in the consequent.
Filippo eDomaneschi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pornography and accommodation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In ‘Scorekeeping in a Pornographic Language Game’, Rae Langton and Caroline West borrow ideas from David Lewis to attempt to explain how pornography might subordinate and silence women.
Heck, Richard Kimberly
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Building Evaluation into Language

open access: yesPhenomenology and Mind, 2017
In this paper I spell out the conditions for a uniform analysis of thick terms and slurs, presented in Cepollaro and Stojanovic (2016). Our claim is that thick terms and slurs convey evaluations via presupposition and represent a device through which ...
Bianca Cepollaro
doaj   +1 more source

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