Deflationary metaphysics and ordinary language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10808140 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Button (0000-0001-8913-0968, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 197 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-57 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Synthese (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11229-016-1212-z |
| OpenAlex | W2519662487 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
Amie Thomasson and Eli Hirsch have both attempted to deflate metaphysics, by combining Carnapian ideas with an appeal to ordinary language. My main aim in this paper is to critique such deflationary appeals to ordinary language. Focussing on Thomasson, I draw two very general conclusions. First: ordinary language is a wildly complicated phenomenon. Its implicit ontological commitments can only be tackled by invoking a context principle; but this will mean that ordinary language ontology is not a trivial enterprise. Second: ordinary language often points in different directions simultaneously, so that a wide variety of existence questions cannot be deflated merely by appealing to ordinary language
Appeal · Context (archaeology) · Deflation · Economics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Ontology · Ordinary language philosophy · Phenomenon · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Political science · Variety (cybernetics) · Western philosophy · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |