Abstract
AbstractAccording to a widely held view, successful communication does not require the speaker and the hearer to grasp the same proposition. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss an argument for the thesis that an instance of communication is successful only if the speaker and the hearer grasp the same proposition. The argument is based on the idea that there is a connection between successful communication and agreement.
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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