Foundational Issues in Presupposition

Journal article

Mandy Simons
Philosophy Compass, vol. 1(4), 2006, pp. 357-372

DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00028.x

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Simons, M. (2006). Foundational Issues in Presupposition. Philosophy Compass, 1(4), 357–372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00028.x

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Simons, Mandy. “Foundational Issues in Presupposition.” Philosophy Compass 1, no. 4 (2006): 357–372.

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Simons, Mandy. “Foundational Issues in Presupposition.” Philosophy Compass, vol. 1, no. 4, 2006, pp. 357–72, doi:10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00028.x.

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@article{mandy2006a,
  title = {Foundational Issues in Presupposition},
  year = {2006},
  issue = {4},
  journal = {Philosophy Compass},
  pages = {357-372},
  volume = {1},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00028.x},
  author = {Simons, Mandy}
}

Abstract

This essay provides a brief introduction to the topic of presupposition, and then discuses three major approaches to this phenomenon, focusing on the answers which each approach gives to two foundational questions: What is presupposition? And how, or why, does it arise?