You are not a selective realist-dialetheist

In her (2019), Martínez-Ordaz puts forward an argument whose conclusion pretends to be a dilemma for selective realists: either selective realists cannot rule true contradictions out or the usual characterization of selective realism is incomplete. Then she argues that one should take the second hor...

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Main Author: Luis Estrada González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad El Bosque 2020-04-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia
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Online Access:https://revistas.unbosque.edu.co/index.php/rcfc/article/view/2748
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description In her (2019), Martínez-Ordaz puts forward an argument whose conclusion pretends to be a dilemma for selective realists: either selective realists cannot rule true contradictions out or the usual characterization of selective realism is incomplete. Then she argues that one should take the second horn and complete such a characterization with some logical constraints. In this note, I will defend that her argument for the dilemma is flawed at several steps and, moreover, that the dilemma is not dangerous and that her proposed completion of selective realism is not needed.
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spelling doaj.art-3bd4290d8df74e16b1fafaed8bfb4a1d2022-12-22T01:18:33ZengUniversidad El BosqueRevista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia0124-46202463-11592020-04-01193910.18270/rcfc.v19i39.2748You are not a selective realist-dialetheistLuis Estrada GonzálezIn her (2019), Martínez-Ordaz puts forward an argument whose conclusion pretends to be a dilemma for selective realists: either selective realists cannot rule true contradictions out or the usual characterization of selective realism is incomplete. Then she argues that one should take the second horn and complete such a characterization with some logical constraints. In this note, I will defend that her argument for the dilemma is flawed at several steps and, moreover, that the dilemma is not dangerous and that her proposed completion of selective realism is not needed.https://revistas.unbosque.edu.co/index.php/rcfc/article/view/2748Selective realism(true) contradictionPessimistic Meta-InductionImprobability of true contradictions
spellingShingle Luis Estrada González
You are not a selective realist-dialetheist
Revista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia
Selective realism
(true) contradiction
Pessimistic Meta-Induction
Improbability of true contradictions
title You are not a selective realist-dialetheist
title_full You are not a selective realist-dialetheist
title_fullStr You are not a selective realist-dialetheist
title_full_unstemmed You are not a selective realist-dialetheist
title_short You are not a selective realist-dialetheist
title_sort you are not a selective realist dialetheist
topic Selective realism
(true) contradiction
Pessimistic Meta-Induction
Improbability of true contradictions
url https://revistas.unbosque.edu.co/index.php/rcfc/article/view/2748
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