Semantic Deflationism, Public Language Meaning, and Contextual Standards of Correctness

• Authors: Posłajko Krzysztof
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper aims at providing an argument for a deflationary treatment of the notion of public language meaning. The argument is based on the notion of standards of correctness; I will try to show that as correctness assessments are context-involving, the notion of public language meaning cannot be treated as an explanatory one. An elaboration of the argument, using the notion of ground is provided. Finally, I will consider some limitations of the reasoning presented.

Keywords

PL

deflationism; meaning; public language; grounding

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne
• Journal: Studia Semiotyczne
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 45–66

Contributors

author

Posłajko Krzysztof