Ontological disputes and the phenomenon of metalinguistic negotiation

Charting the territory

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ID4079964
AuthorsDelia Belleri (0000-0001-6992-068X, University of Vienna, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume15
Issue7
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12684
OpenAlexW3035619159
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited42

Paradigmatic cases of ontological disputes are taken to concern whether or not certain objects exist. Some theorists, however, prefer to view ontologists as really debating about what we should mean with the term "exist" (or other cognate terms). This implies interpreting ontological disputes asmetalinguistic negotiations, in keeping with a recent trend to interpret other philosophical disputes along these lines (Plunkett and Sundell.Philosopher's Imprint; 2013;13:1-37). A number of issues arise from such proposal. The first is what counts as evidence that an object-level dispute isactuallya metalinguistic negotiation. The second regards the dialectical relevance of considering metalinguistic negotiation as even just apossibleinterpretative option. The third issue concerns whether, and why, certain object-level disputes (and especially ontological ones)should beunderstood as metalinguistic negotiations

Dialectic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Negotiation · Object (grammar · Phenomenon · Political science · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Law · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology

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