tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673382.post5340906833783775083..comments2024-02-24T20:58:00.069-08:00Comments on There is some truth in that: Presupposition and 'Knows' ContextualismJonathan Jenkins Ichikawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05260245860017778409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673382.post-72944886280433550242010-06-19T01:18:39.000-07:002010-06-19T01:18:39.000-07:00Hi Jonathan,you claim that "the expression &#...Hi Jonathan,<br><br>you claim that "the expression 'the man sitting at the table' requires it to be common ground that there is a uniquely salient man sitting at a uniquely salient table". But what about the possibility of referential uses of descriptions à la Donnellan? In a skeptical context, this may in fact be the most charitable way to interpret an utterance of "the man sitting at the table does not know that there is a table", given that it is not common ground in that context that there are tables.Joachim Horvathhttp://johorvath.googlepages.com/homenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673382.post-74043992188353989822011-10-18T09:18:37.000-07:002011-10-18T09:18:37.000-07:00[...] (2009) Mind paper, “Knowledge and Presupposi...[...] (2009) Mind paper, “Knowledge and Presuppositions”. It is essentially a development of this blog post from a year and a half ago. (I’d forgotten about it, to be honest — I [...]There is Some Truth in That » Blog Archive » Ignorance and Presuppositionshttp://jonathanichikawa.net/archives/431noreply@blogger.com