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17Correction To: Introduction: Metalinguistic Disagreement and Semantic ExternalismTopoi 42 (4): 1077-1077. 2023.
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48Our Epistemic Duties in Scenarios of Vaccine MistrustInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 29 (4): 613-640. 2021.ABSTRACT What, if anything, should we do when someone says they don’t believe in anthropogenic climate change? Or that they worry that a COVID-19 vaccine might be dangerous? We argue that in general, we face an epistemic duty to object to such assertions, qua instances of science denial and science sceptical discourse, respectively. Our argument builds on recent discussions in social epistemology, specifically surrounding the idea that we ought to speak up against (epistemically) problematic ass…Read more
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43Chomsky in the playground: Idealization in generative linguisticsStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 87 (C): 1-12. 2021.For a long time, the accepted explanatory model of language acquisition was the so-called Principles and Parameters framework (P&P). P&P seemingly provides an elegant answer to the central puzzle of generative linguistics: How do children acquire their native language given the limited time and input resources available to them? Yet P&P tells a story that is evolutionarily implausible, and for this reason it has since been abandoned. I argue that this is an unwarranted move, and that it could an…Read more
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56Sets, lies, and analogy: a new methodological takePhilosophical Studies 178 (9): 2759-2784. 2020.The starting point of this paper is a claim defended most famously by Graham Priest: that given certain observed similarities between the set-theoretic and the semantic paradoxes, we should be looking for a ‘uniform solution’ to the members of both families. Despite its indisputable surface attractiveness, I argue that this claim hinges on a problematic reasoning move. This is seen most clearly, I suggest, when the claim and its underlying assumptions are examined by the lights of a novel, quite…Read more
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57Simplicity of what? A case study from generative linguisticsSynthese 198 (10): 9427-9452. 2020.The Minimalist Program in generative linguistics is predicated on the idea that simplicity is a defining property of the human language faculty, on the one hand; on the other, a central aim of linguistic theorising. Worryingly, however, justifications for either claim are hard to come by in the literature. We sketch a proposal that would allow for both shortcomings to be addressed, and that furthermore honours the program’s declared commitment to naturalism. We begin by teasing apart and clarify…Read more
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118Norms of Truth and Logical RevisionTopoi 34 (1): 15-23. 2015.Many take the lesson of the paradoxes to be that we ought to impose some form of logical revision. It is argued here that this kind of move should not be taken lightly.
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University of BristolHonorary Research Associate (Part-time)
Lisbon, Portugal
Areas of Specialization
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Truth |
General Philosophy of Science |
Theoretical Virtues |
Philosophy of Linguistics |
Models and Explanation |
Idealization |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Trust |