On Wyatt's Absolutist Account of Faultless Disagreement in Matters of Personal Taste

Bibliographic Data

ID20141809
AuthorsMihai Hîncu (Valahia University of Targoviste), Dan Zeman (0000-0001-5620-0042, University of Warsaw)
Year2021
Volume87
Issue5
Pages1322-1341
Publication date2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheoria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/theo.12351
OpenAlexW3202377110
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited39

In this critical paper, we engage with a recent absolutist proposal to account for faultless disagreement — that of Jeremy Wyatt. We first introduce the phenomenon to be explained and briefly present Wyatt's account. The bulk of the paper is dedicated to spelling out objections to various aspects of the view, which are related to his adherence to semantic minimalism, the interpretation of the empirical data he relies on, and his construal of both faultlessness and disagreement. We end with a comparison of the proposal with other views on the market from the point of view of theoretical economy

Analytic philosophy · Construal level theory · Contemporary philosophy · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Minimalism (technical communication) · Point (geometry) · Positive economics · Skepticism · Spelling · Taste · Computer Science · Economic theories and models · Economic Theory and Institutions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology