Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure
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"Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure" is a philosophical paper by Stephen Yablo that analyzes how certain presuppositions can fail without rendering discourse meaningless or defective, reshaping debates in the philosophy of language and logic.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure Context triple: [Stephen Yablo, notableWork, Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure]
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Moore's paradox
Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
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Toulmin model of argumentation
The Toulmin model of argumentation is a framework for analyzing and constructing arguments by breaking them into components such as claim, data, warrant, backing, qualifier, and rebuttal.
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Two Faces of Common Sense
Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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Yablo's paradox
Yablo's paradox is a self-referential logical paradox involving an infinite sequence of sentences, each saying that all later sentences in the sequence are false, which challenges traditional notions of semantic paradox and self-reference.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure Target entity description: "Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure" is a philosophical paper by Stephen Yablo that analyzes how certain presuppositions can fail without rendering discourse meaningless or defective, reshaping debates in the philosophy of language and logic.
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A.
Moore's paradox
Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
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B.
Toulmin model of argumentation
The Toulmin model of argumentation is a framework for analyzing and constructing arguments by breaking them into components such as claim, data, warrant, backing, qualifier, and rebuttal.
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C.
Two Faces of Common Sense
Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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D.
The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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E.
Yablo's paradox
Yablo's paradox is a self-referential logical paradox involving an infinite sequence of sentences, each saying that all later sentences in the sequence are false, which challenges traditional notions of semantic paradox and self-reference.
- F. None of above. chosen
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academic article
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philosophical paper ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
how language users can continue discourse in the presence of false presuppositions
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what distinguishes catastrophic from non-catastrophic presupposition failure ⓘ whether failed presuppositions always undermine meaningful discourse ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the impact of presupposition failure on truth and assertibility
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provide a more nuanced taxonomy of presupposition failure ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher | Stephen Yablo ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Yablo ⓘ |
| contribution |
argues that certain presupposition failures can be accommodated without collapse of meaning
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distinguishes catastrophic from non-catastrophic presupposition failure ⓘ reshapes debates about the effects of failed presuppositions on discourse ⓘ |
| examines |
conditions under which presupposition failure is catastrophic
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conditions under which presupposition failure is non-catastrophic ⓘ how speakers interpret utterances with failed presuppositions ⓘ |
| field |
philosophical logic
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philosophy of language ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cases where presuppositions fail but conversation continues productively
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evaluation of sentences with false presuppositions ⓘ interaction between presupposition and logical consequence ⓘ |
| genre | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
discussions of defective discourse in logic and philosophy
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subsequent work on presupposition in formal semantics ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalSignificance |
challenges views that treat all presupposition failures as equally problematic
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informs debates about the logic of presupposition ⓘ supports more flexible accounts of discourse and meaning ⓘ |
| inContextOf |
contemporary debates in philosophy of language
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logical theories of presupposition ⓘ |
| influencedField |
logical semantics
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theory of presupposition ⓘ theory of truth and meaning ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainClaim | some presupposition failures do not render discourse meaningless or defective ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
discourse
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presupposition ⓘ presupposition failure ⓘ semantic defectiveness ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy of language ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
meaningfulness of discourse
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pragmatic presupposition ⓘ presupposition accommodation ⓘ semantic defectiveness ⓘ semantic presupposition ⓘ truth-value gaps ⓘ |
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