Contingent A Priori Truths, Illocutionary Acts, and De Re Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22330293 |
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| Authors | Thainá Coltro Demartini (0000-0002-4367-5599, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 170 |
| Pages | 145-156 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1503 • E-ISSN: 1870-4905 |
| Publisher | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (PUBLISHER • MX) |
| DOI | 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2025.1703 |
| OpenAlex | W4414124933 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In this paper, I analyze Ruffino’s proposal that we should evaluate contingent a priori truths resulting from initial baptisms (i.e., propositions that are uttered to introduce of a new word to a community’s vocabulary) as illocutionary acts. I argue that, even if we concede such an interpretation as the correct way to understand the phenomenon, it is not sufficient to support the claim that there are cases of contingent a priori truths that provide the speaker with de re knowledge about objects that are not themselves conventional in some way
A priori and a posteriori · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Religious Education and Schools · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Highly cited | No |
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