_The Pragmatic Dual Subject-Position Theory_: Redefining the Minimal Conditions for Language Activation

This working paper introduces the “Pragmatic Dual Subject-Position Theory,” a new framework within the philosophy of language. It proposes that linguistic interaction is governed not by actual subjectivity but by the pragmatic presupposition of dual subject-positions within a pragmatic field. By decomposing subjectivity into “subject-position + quasi-otherness,” the theory accounts for the misrecognition of a quasi-other not as a failure of comprehension but as a structural function of language. This framework offers an alternative paradigm for understanding the logic of simulated subjectivity in non-human interlocutors, including AI-based language users.