On pragmatic presupposition
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David S. Schwarz
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Article
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1977
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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ASTRACT. I argue that (a) the phenomenon characteristic of pragmatic presupposition, is distinct from (b) the phenomenon characteristic of semantic presupposition, and that there are sentences exhibiting (a) alone. I apply this to Stalnaker's defense of van Fraassen's theory of semantic presuppositi