Is the King of Atlantis Heavier than Tom Brady? Truth-Value Intuitions for Sentences with Existential Presupposition Failure

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Philosophy (PHIL)

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Comps

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Prizes/Awards

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Bachelor of Arts

Class Year

2025

Comps Adviser(s)

Decker, Jason; Murphy, Allison

Special Recognition

Distinction on comps; The Jewell M. Eklund Prize in Philosophy

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hozm_2025_PHIL_paper.pdf

Keywords

descriptions, presuppositions, truth-value intuitions

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no

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application/pdf

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