Gamester, W orcid.org/0000-0003-4376-4433 (2022) Truth pluralism without domains. Synthese, 200. 397. ISSN 0039-7857
Abstract
Truth pluralists say that truth-bearers in different “discourses”, “domains”, “domains of discourse”, or “domains of inquiry” are apt to be true in different ways – for instance, that mathematical discourse or ethical discourse is apt to be true in a different way to ordinary descriptive or scientific discourse. Moreover, the notion of a “domain” is often explicitly employed in formulating pluralist theories of truth. Consequently, the notion of a “domain” is attracting increasing attention, both critical and constructive. I argue that this is a red herring. First, I identify the theoretical role for which pluralists appeal to domains, which is to answer what I call the “Individuation Problem”: saying what determines the way in which a particular truth-bearer is apt to be true. Second, I argue that pluralists need not appeal to domains for this purpose. I thus conclude that, despite the usual way of glossing the view, there is no role for the notion of a “domain” to play in the pluralist’s theory of truth. I argue that this defuses the “Problem of Mixed Atomics” and allows the pluralist to sidestep potentially intractable disputes about the nature of domains.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Truth pluralism; Discourses; Domains; The problem of mixed atomics |
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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) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number British Academy PF2\180082 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2022 15:40 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2022 15:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11229-022-03828-2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190972 |