Questions tagged [implicature]

In Logic: The Laws of Truth, Smith divides the informational content of an utterance into three categories: What is said - the underlying claim/proposition being expressed. What is implied - the logical consequences of the proposition being…

If I make a provocative statement like: I recommend South American chocolate to professional chefs. Some readers infer what I currently think of as "false corollaries": Professional chefs must avoid chocolate from other sources Amateur chefs…

What is the meaning of this, and is this an example of bad writing? "For it will be possible to construct in terms of the formal devices a system of very general formulas, a considerable number of which can be regarded as, or are closely related to,…

Suppose you tell someone, "Go to the store or go to the creek." Now, if this person is otherwise predisposed to one option, and your command triggers this predisposition, then by issuing the command, notwithstanding that it is in the form of a…