Learning from presupposition

P. F. Strawson famously distinguishes what a speaker presupposes from what she asserts in uttering a sentence like “The present King of France is bald”. This paper defends a claim about presupposition's epistemic significance, namely that presupposition can provide a distinctive testimony‐based way for an audience to learn about the world.

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Mind & Language
Published
2025-03-11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12549
Primary Topic
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Learning from presupposition

Dominic Alford‐Duguid
Mind & Language
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Learning from presupposition

Dominic Alford‐Duguid
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Abstract

P. F. Strawson famously distinguishes what a speaker presupposes from what she asserts in uttering a sentence like “The present King of France is bald”. This paper defends a claim about presupposition's epistemic significance, namely that presupposition can provide a distinctive testimony‐based way for an audience to learn about the world.

Mind & LanguageVol. 40(4)
University of British Columbia (CA)
Leverhulme Trust
Openalex Percentile: Top 94%
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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