Knowing whether A or B

Knowing whether A or B

The paper examines the logic and semantics of knowledge attributions of the form "s knows whether A or B". We analyze these constructions in an epistemic logic with alternative questions, and propose an account of the context-sensitivity of the corresponding sentences and of their presuppo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2013-09, Vol.190 (14), p.2595-2621
Hauptverfasser: Aloni, Maria, Égré, Paul, de Jager, Tikitu
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Education
Entailment
Epistemology
Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge
Ferrell, Will
Inference
Intuition
Jackson, Janet
Knowledge
Logic
Logical disjunction
Metaphysics
Paraphrase
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Pragmatics
Presuppositions
Relevant alternatives
Semantics
Statistical relevance model
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Zusammenfassung:The paper examines the logic and semantics of knowledge attributions of the form "s knows whether A or B". We analyze these constructions in an epistemic logic with alternative questions, and propose an account of the context-sensitivity of the corresponding sentences and of their presuppositions.
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-009-9646-1