<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the present paper I present the metalinguistic solutions to the ‘lost disagreement’ problem proposed (independently) Sundell and Plunkett [2013] and Barker [2012]. I argue that metalinguistic negotiations about taste, even though successful in explaining the intuition of disagreement in a vast number of cases, are not an accurate solution to the disagreement problem in contextualism when it comes to the most paradigmatic case of “tasty”. I also argue against the account of faultless disagreement explained via vagueness of taste predicates [Barker, 2012]. I believe that the notion of faultlessness employed in the discussion of vagueness [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_slgr-2016-0035_ref_019_w2aab2b8c19b1b7b1ab1ac19Aa">Wright, 1994</xref>] is a different notion than the one employed in the discussion of taste discourse [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_slgr-2016-0035_ref_008_w2aab2b8c19b1b7b1ab1ab8Aa">Kölbel, 2003</xref>].</p></abstract>

In the present paper I present the metalinguistic solutions to the ‘lost disagreement’ problem proposed (independently) Sundell and Plunkett [2013] and Barker [2012]. I argue that metalinguistic negotiations about taste, even though successful in explaining the intuition of disagreement in a vast number of cases, are not an accurate solution to the disagreement problem in contextualism when it comes to the most paradigmatic case of “tasty”. I also argue against the account of faultless disagreement explained via vagueness of taste predicates [Barker, 2012]. I believe that the notion of faultlessness employed in the discussion of vagueness [Wright, 1994] is a different notion than the one employed in the discussion of taste discourse [Kölbel, 2003].

Disagreement about Taste as Disagreement about the Discourse: Problems and Limitations

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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In the present paper I present the metalinguistic solutions to the ‘lost disagreement’ problem proposed (independently) Sundell and Plunkett [2013] and Barker...

Disagreement about Taste as Disagreement about the Discourse: Problems and Limitations

Publié en ligne: 23 nov. 2016

Pages: 103 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0035

Mots clés
faultless disagreement, lost disagreement, contextualism, predicates of personal taste, metalinguistic negotiations, vagueness

© 2016 Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Disagreement about Taste as Disagreement about the Discourse: Problems and Limitations

Publié en ligne: 23 nov. 2016

Pages: 103 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0035

Mots clésfaultless disagreement, lost disagreement, contextualism, predicates of personal taste, metalinguistic negotiations, vagueness

© 2016 Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
faultless disagreement, lost disagreement, contextualism, predicates of personal taste, metalinguistic negotiations, vagueness