On Ambiguity and Two Arguments from Ambiguity
The author explores and criticises two arguments from ambiguity: S. Pinker’s argument from ambiguity in support of the ‘Language of Thought’ hypothesis, and the argument from ambiguity proposed by K. P. Parsons against Davidsonian ‘semantics of truth-conditions’. Leaning primarily on G. Harman and...
Main Author: | Drazen Pehar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society for the Advancement of Philosophy
2005-12-01
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Series: | Prolegomena |
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Online Access: | http://www.hrstud.hr/prolegomena/Pro-2005-2/Pro-2005-2-Cl-Pehar.pdf |
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