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Unique Best Deserver Theory and Arguments From Misclassification

Stillman, Richard

Australasian journal of philosophy, 2015-10, Vol.93 (4), p.769-781 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Oxford: Routledge

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  • Título:
    Unique Best Deserver Theory and Arguments From Misclassification
  • Autor: Stillman, Richard
  • Assuntos: Classification ; epistemic two-dimensionalism ; Philosophy ; proper names ; semantics
  • É parte de: Australasian journal of philosophy, 2015-10, Vol.93 (4), p.769-781
  • Descrição: It is a core commitment of Epistemic Two-Dimensionalism (E2D) that an utterance is 1-necessary iff it is a priori. But Jeff Speaks's Argument from Misclassification proves that, on a natural interpretation, E2D assigns necessary 1-intensions to many utterances that speakers deem a posteriori. Given that 1-intensions are meant to formalize a speaker's own understanding of the words she utters, this proof raises serious difficulties for E2D. In response, Elliott, McQueen, and Weber point out that the Argument from Misclassification presupposes a controversial theory of reference-fixation for proper names and argue that E2Dists ought to reject this theory. They discuss three alternatives to the theory that render E2D immune to the Argument from Misclassification. I demonstrate here that each of these alternatives either (i) replicates the faults of the original theory by assigning necessary 1-intensions to a posteriori utterances, or (ii) makes 1-intensions creatures of darkness. I argue that, although the Argument from Misclassification does indeed rely on a controversial theory of reference-fixation, Elliott, McQueen, and Weber have indicated no promising alternative to this theory.
  • Editor: Oxford: Routledge
  • Idioma: Inglês
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