학술논문

Verbal Disagreement and Semantic Plans
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Scientific Philosophy. :1-34
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0165-0106
1572-8420
Abstract
I develop an expressivist account of verbal disagreements as practical disagreements over how to use words rather than factual disagreements over what words actually mean. This account enjoys several advantages over others in the literature: it can be implemented in a neo-Stalnakerian possible worlds framework; it accounts for cases where speakers are undecided on how exactly to interpret an expression; it avoids appeals to fraught notions like subject matter, charitable interpretation, and joint-carving; and it naturally extends to an analysis of metalinguistic negotiations.