Strictly speaking

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Bolinger, Renée Jorgensen and Sandgren, Alexander. (2020). Strictly speaking. Analysis. 80(1), pp. 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anz017
AuthorsBolinger, Renée Jorgensen and Sandgren, Alexander
Abstract

A type of argument occasionally made in metaethics, epistemology and philosophy of science notes that most ordinary uses of some expression fail to satisfy the strictest interpretation of the expression, and concludes that the ordinary assertions are false. This requires there to be a presumption in favour of a strict interpretation of expressions that admit of interpretations at different levels of strictness. We argue that this presumption is unmotivated, and thus the arguments fail.

Year2020
JournalAnalysis
Journal citation80 (1), pp. 3-11
PublisherOxford University Press
ISSN1467-8284
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anz017
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