Abstract
The satisfaction theory (henceforth, ST), which was originally proposed by Heim (1983) and has been adopted by many researchers on presuppositions (Chierchia & McConnell-Ginet, 2000; Beaver, 2001; Kadmon, 2001), is one of the most successful theories of presuppositions. In this paper, I will offer a new counterargument against ST: there are cases where ST cannot handle presuppositions triggered in apdoses of counterfactuals. As far as I am aware, no attempts in ST have been made to solve the problem raised in this paper. This paper is organized as follows. In the next section, I will outline how ST treats presuppositions. Section 3 will give a counterargument against ST. Section 4 will summarize the result obtained in this paper.
