Is there a Frege-Strawson Theory of Presuppositions?
摘要
It is common to find in the literature on natural language semantics reference to the “Frege-Strawson” theory of presuppositions and the “Frege-Strawson” theory of definite descriptions. While these labels might be useful in certain contexts, I argue that the differences between the Fregean and the Strawsonian theories of presupposition are sufficiently important to warrant separate treatment. In the first part of the paper, I consider Frege’s and Strawson’s views on presuppositions, focusing on those triggered by definite descriptions. Next, I propose a formulation of the two theories within a framework for natural language semantics inspired in Kaplan (