presupposition failure

What Is A Presupposition Question?

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What Is A Presupposition Question? Now we are in a position to define presupposition of a question. Definition 1. Presupposition of an empirical question Q is a proposition P that is entailed by each complete answer corresponding to an unambiguous direct answer. What is the concept of presupposition? Presupposition, broadly conceived, is a type of

What Is An Example Of Presupposition?

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What Is An Example Of Presupposition? Here is an example: If I have a wife, then my wife is blonde. Here, the presupposition triggered by the expression my wife (that I have a wife) is blocked, because it is stated in the antecedent of the conditional: That sentence doesn’t imply that I have a wife.