Sider's Ontologese Introduction Instructions
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Abstract
In response to Hirsch's deflationary arguments, Sider attempts to introduce a special Ontologese quantifier to preserve the substantivity of fundamental debates in metaphysics. He claims that this strategy can be effected by two distinct means, one of which is a list of instructions for metaphysicians, which he argues suffice to give the new quantifier a meaning that carves nature at the joints. I argue that these instructions will not allow someone to start speaking Ontologese if their prior language is sufficiently deviant with respect to it, and that natural languages may be in just such a position.
Publication Date
2018-12
Online Publication Date
2018-07-19
Acceptance Date
2018-05-25
Keywords
5003 Philosophy, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields
Journal Title
Theoria (Sweden)
Journal ISSN
0040-5825
1755-2567
1755-2567
Volume Title
84
Publisher
Wiley
Sponsorship
AHRC (1653086)