Subatomic homogeneity without the excluded middle presupposition: An argument from conjunction

Authors

  • Mathieu Paillé

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2022.v26i0.1023

Abstract

While discussion of homogeneity effects usually focuses on examples involving pluralities, the effect is often taken to hold within atoms as well (e.g. Löbner 2000, Spector 2013, Križ 2015). This paper brings to the literature on homogeneity an independent difference between pluralities and atoms, namely their behaviour with conjoined predicates. I show that the theory of homogeneity based on an excluded-middle presupposition produces unwanted results for conjunctions predicated of atomic subjects. I suggest that subatomic homogeneity is in fact the result of covert exhaustivity, which strengthens predicates in positive sentences.

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Published

2022-12-22

How to Cite

Paillé, M. (2022). Subatomic homogeneity without the excluded middle presupposition: An argument from conjunction. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 26, 658–676. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2022.v26i0.1023