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Directival Theory of Meaning Resurrected

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Grabarczyk P.

Studia Semiotyczne

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2017

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vol. 31

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issue 1

23–44

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The first aim of this paper is to remind the reader of a very original theory of meaning which in many aspects has not been surpassed by subsequent theories. The theory in question is Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz’s Directival Theory of Meaning. In the first section I present a version of this theory which, I trust, retains the gist of the original but loses its outdated language. In the second section I analyze some problematic consequences of the directival theory (specifically Tarski’s counterexample) and show how they can be addressed. The second aim of this paper is exploiting some of the similarities between the directival theory and later theories of meaning. In the third section I argue that using the directival theory as an interpretative tool enables us to create explications of some of the notoriously vague notions which contemporary theories of meaning employ.

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Pragmatism, Experience, and the Given

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Aikin S.

Human Affairs

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2009

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vol. 19

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issue 1

19-27

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The doctrine of the Given is that subjects have direct non-inferential awareness of content of their experiences and apprehensions, and that some of a subject's beliefs are justified on the basis of that subject's awareness of her experiences and apprehensions. Pragmatist criticisms of the Given as a myth are shown here not only to be inadequate but to presuppose the Given. A model for a pragmatist account of the Given is then provided in terms of refinements of Dewey's theory of experience. The doctrine of the Given is implicated in the functions of inquiry insofar as one must take it that experience is a source of justification.

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Jazyk jako obraz: McGinnová a Sellars o Wittgensteinově „Traktátu”

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Dach S.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2014

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vol. 62

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issue 5

725-743

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This study is concerned with interpretation of the Tractatus and the picture theory of the early-Wittgenstein from the perspective of the anti-metaphysical reading of M. McGinn and from the perspective of W. Sellars. I analyse McGinn's interpretation and the difficulties which are caused for her in her attempt to provide a non-minimalistic interpretation of Wittgenstein's picture theory. The interpretation of McGinn is then contrasted with Sellars who, unlike the majority of other interpreters, reads Wittgenstein's picture theory in a radically nominalistic way, and places little emphasis on the overall consistency of the Tractatus. I show that his approach allows one to preserve some interesting insights provided by McGinn, while it also manages to avoid the problems that beset her interpretation. Sellars' reading may therefore better serve McGinn's aims than her own reading, although it demands that we give up some of the key theses of the Tractatus. At the same time it may also lead us to a reevaluation of the relevance of the Tractatus for contemporary philosophical debates.

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Epistemiczna wartość doświadczenia zmysłowego. Wilfrid Sellars versus John McDowell

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Bochen M. P.

Kultura i Wartości

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2019

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issue 27

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Der Artikel bildet einen Versuch, über den epistemischen Wert der sinnlichen Erfahrung nachzudenken. Indem ich als Beispiel den Begriffsinhalt der Wahrnehmung bei John McDowell nehme, versuche ich nachzuweisen, dass die von Wilfrid Sellars ausgeübte Kritik des Empirismus nicht vollständig den Sinn der Idee einer fundamentalistischen Epistemologie verneint. Ich glaube damit, dass es möglich ist, den Wert der Wahrnehmung in der Rechtfertigung des Wissens nach der Umformulierung des Entwurfs der sinnlichen Erfahrung zu rehabilitieren. Wenn wir nämlich die Idee des Begriffsinhalts der Wahrnehmung und ihre Folgen in Gestalt von potentieller Propositionalität des Erfahrungsinhalts annehmen, gelingt es uns aufzuzeigen, dass die Wahrnehmung ein rationales (und nicht ausschliesslich kausales) Verhältnis mit den Überzeugungen des Subjekts eingehen kann. Dies rechtfertigt hingegen die Ideen der fundamentalistischen Epistemologie von einer äusseren und epistemisch wertvollen Grundlage des Wissens.

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The author reflects on the epistemic value of perceptual experience. Quoting John McDowell’s conceptual content of perception as an example, he argues that Wilfrid Sellars’ criticism of empiricism is not tantamount to negating the meaningfulness of the epistemological foundationalist idea entirely. He concludes that rehabilitating the value of perception in justification of knowledge is therefore possible after reformulating the notion of perceptual experience. For by accepting the idea of conceptual content of perception and its consequence in the shape of a potential propositional content of experience it could be proved that perception can be engaged in a rational (and not only causal) relationship with a subject’s beliefs. And that justifies the epistemological foundationalist idea that knowledge has indeed an external and epistemically valuable footing.

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Artykuł jest próbą refleksji nad epistemiczną wartością doświadczenia zmysłowego. Biorąc za przykład pojęciową treść percepcji Johna McDowella, staram się wykazać, że krytyka empiryzmu dokonana przez Wilfrida Sellarsa nie neguje całkowicie sensowności idei fundacjonalistycznej epistemologii. Uważam tym samym, że możliwe jest zrehabilitowanie wartości percepcji w uzasadnieniu wiedzy po przeformułowaniu koncepcji doświadczenia zmysłowego. Jeżeli bowiem przyjmiemy ideę pojęciowej treści percepcji oraz jej konsekwencję w postaci potencjalnej propozycjonalności treści doświadczenia, uda się nam wykazać, że percepcja może wchodzić w racjonalny (a nie wyłącznie przyczynowy) stosunek z przekonaniami żywionymi przez podmiot. To zaś uzasadnia idee fundacjonalistycznej epistemologii zgodnie z którymi, wiedza posiada zewnętrzne oraz epistemicznie wartościowe ugruntowanie.

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Directival Theory of Meaning Resurrected

Pragmatism, Experience, and the Given

Jazyk jako obraz: McGinnová a Sellars o Wittgensteinově „Traktátu”

Epistemiczna wartość doświadczenia zmysłowego. Wilfrid Sellars versus John McDowell