The Limits to Debate : A Revised Theory of Semantic Presupposition (Paperback)

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.