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Vaassen, Bram ORCID: 0000-0001-6423-1324 and Sandgren, Alex . And therefore. Inquiry-Interdiscip. J. Philos.. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1502-3923

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DOI:10.1080/0020174X.2021.2010430

Abstract

This article focuses on 'therefore' constructions such as 'The switch is on, and therefore the lights are on'. We submit that the contribution of 'therefore' is to express a dependence as part of the core content of these constructions, rather than being conveyed by conventional implicature [Grice, H. P. 1975. Logic and Conversation. In The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy, edited by M. Ezcurdia, and R. J. Stainton, 41-58. Broadview Press; Potts, C. 2005. The Logic of Conventional Implicatures. Oxford University Press] or a triggered presupposition [Pavese, C. 2017. On the Meaning of 'Therefore'. Analysis 77 (1): 88-97. Pavese, C. 2021. Lewis Carroll's Regress and the Presuppositional Structure of Arguments. Linguistics and Philosophy; Stokke, A. 2017. II-Conventional Implicature, Presupposition, and Lying. Aristotelian Society Supplementary 91 (1): 127-147]. We argue that the standard objections to this view can be answered by relying on the general projection hypothesis defended by Roberts et al. and Simons et al. [Roberts, C., M. Simons, J. Tonhauser, and D. I. Beaver. 2009. Presuppositions, Conventional Implicature, and Beyond: A Unified Account of Projection; Simons, M., J. Tonhauser, D. Beaver, and C. Roberts. 2010. What Projects and Why. Semantics and Linguistic Theory 20: 309-327], leaving our view on solid ground.

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