Questions, answers and presuppositions

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989100:27240/15:86093535

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13053/CyS-19-4-2327" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.13053/CyS-19-4-2327</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13053/CyS-19-4-2327" target="_blank" >10.13053/CyS-19-4-2327</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Questions, answers and presuppositions

Original language description

The paper deals with empirical questions that come attached with a presupposition. In case that the presupposition is not true, there is no unambiguous direct answer. In such a case an adequate complete answer is a negated presupposition. Yet these simple ideas are connected with a bunch of problems. First, we must distinguish between a pragmatic and semantic presupposition, and thus also between a presupposition and mere entailment. Second, we show that the common definition of a presupposition of a question as such a proposition that is entailed by every possible answer to the question is not precise. We follow Frege and Strawson in treating survival under negation as the most important test for presupposition. But a negative answer to a question isoften ambiguous. The ambiguity consists in not distinguishing between two kinds of negative answers, to wit the answers applying narrow-scope or wide-scope negation. While the former preserves presupposition, the latter seems to be presup

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

IN - Informatics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Computación y Sistemas

ISSN

1405-5546

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

MX - MEXICO

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

647-659

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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