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Negated Speech Acts and Contracted Intentional States

Following the lead of AGM perspective on contraction and “ downdate” semantics, it follows that “ external denial” introduces uncertainty into communication process. After a sentence has been withdrawn (cancelled, externally negated), the Hearer’ s mental state may change in many ways, different from Speaker’ s preferred style of contraction. There does not seem to be “ unique correct” way of changing our beliefs after the Speaker has denied what he has previously said or implied.

negation; contraction; logic

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