The Limits to Debate: A Revised Theory of Semantic Presupposition

by Noel Burton-Roberts

Book Overview

Exponents and critics of semantic presupposition have almost invariably based their discussion on the ('Standard') definition of presupposition implied by Frege and Strawson. In this study Noel Burton-Roberts argues convincingly against this definition, that leads it to a three-valued semantics. He presents a very simple semantic definition which is weaker, more general and leads to a semantics more easily interpreted as two-valued with gaps. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052110193X
• ISBN13: 9780521101936
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"