Challenging non-at-issue contents: How hard can it be?

This paper is a critique of what has become a widespread view of non-at-issue (NAI) contents. On this view, NAI contents are particularly well suited as instruments of manipulation since they are especially difficult to challenge and have a direct effect on the common ground. I argue by contrast, fi...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 205; no. 6; pp. 1 - 29
Autor principal: Sander, Thorsten
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2025
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