<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Throughout his philosophical career, Michael Dummett held firmly two theses: (I) the theory of meaning has a central position in philosophy and all other forms of philosophical inquiry rest upon semantic analysis, in particular semantic issues replace traditional metaphysical issues; (II) the theory of meaning is a theory of understanding. I will defend neither of them. However, I will argue that there is an important lesson we can learn by reflecting on the link between linguistic competence and semantics, which I take to be an important part of Dummett’s legacy in philosophy of language. I discuss this point in relation to Cappelen and Lepore’s criticism of Incompleteness Arguments.</p></abstract>

Throughout his philosophical career, Michael Dummett held firmly two theses: (I) the theory of meaning has a central position in philosophy and all other forms of philosophical inquiry rest upon semantic analysis, in particular semantic issues replace traditional metaphysical issues; (II) the theory of meaning is a theory of understanding. I will defend neither of them. However, I will argue that there is an important lesson we can learn by reflecting on the link between linguistic competence and semantics, which I take to be an important part of Dummett’s legacy in philosophy of language. I discuss this point in relation to Cappelen and Lepore’s criticism of Incompleteness Arguments.

Dummett’s Legacy: Semantics, Metaphysics and Linguistic Competence

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Throughout his philosophical career, Michael Dummett held firmly two theses: (I) the theory of meaning has a central position in philosophy and all other forms...

Dummett’s Legacy: Semantics, Metaphysics and Linguistic Competence

Pubblicato online: 31 dic 2018

Pagine: 207 - 229

Ricevuto: 07 gen 2015

Accettato: 12 ott 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2015-0011

Parole chiave
Sematics, pragmatics, metaphysics

© 2015 Massimiliano Vignolo, published by Sciendo

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

Dummett’s Legacy: Semantics, Metaphysics and Linguistic Competence

Pubblicato online: 31 dic 2018

Pagine: 207 - 229

Ricevuto: 07 gen 2015

Accettato: 12 ott 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2015-0011

Parole chiaveSematics, pragmatics, metaphysics

© 2015 Massimiliano Vignolo, published by Sciendo

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

Parole chiave
Sematics, pragmatics, metaphysics