Situations, presuppositions, and descriptions by Read, AJL

“…In so doing, I defend an analysis of definite descriptions as expressions of type e, whose uniqueness presuppositions are stage-managed by the manipulation of syntactic situation pronouns. …”

Situations, presuppositions, and contexts by Lewerentz, LF

Presupposition, assertion, and definite descriptions by Elbourne, P

“…In recent work on the semantics of definite descriptions, some theorists (Elbourne in Definite descriptions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013; Schoubye in Noûs 47(3):496–533, 2013) have advocated broadly Fregean accounts, whereby a definite description ‘the F’ introduces a presupposition to the effect that there is exactly one F and refers to it if there is, while other theorists (Abbott, in: Gundel, Hedberg (eds) Reference: Interdisciplinary perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 61–72, 2008; Hawthorne and Manley in The reference book, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012) have advocated accounts whereby ‘the F’ introduces a presupposition to the effect that there is exactly one F but otherwise has the semantics of ‘an F’, introducing existential quantification. …”

Multi-sentential category mistakes by Elbourne, P

“…This phenomenon is analysed in terms of the previous sentence giving rise to a presupposition that is shown to be false only in the last sentence.…”

Definite descriptions and negative existential quantifiers by Elbourne, P

“…It is further argued that presuppositional theories of definite descriptions give intuitively satisfying analyses of the novel data.…”