Leckie, G and Williams, JRG orcid.org/0000-0003-4831-2954 (2019) Words by Convention. In: Lepore, E and Sosa, D, (eds.) Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language. Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language, 1 . Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK , pp. 73-98. ISBN 978-0-19-883656-8
Abstract
Existing metasemantic projects presuppose that word- (or sentence-) types are part of the non-semantic base. This paper proposes a new strategy: an endogenous account of word types, that is, one where word types are fixed as part of the metasemantics. On this view, it is the conventions of truthfulness and trust that ground not only the meaning of the words (meaning by convention) but also what the word type is of each particular token utterance (words by convention). The same treatment extends to identifying the populations through which the conventions prevail. The paper considers whether this proposal leads to new underdetermination challenges for metasemantics, and makes a case that it does not.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Oxford University Press, 2020. All Rights Reserved. This is an author produced version of a chapter published in Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Words, convention, metasemantics, truthfulness, trust, David Kaplan, David Lewis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 312938 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2020 15:24 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Series Name: | Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oso/9780198836568.003.0003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155291 |