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University of Texas at Austin
Department of Philosophy

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Austin, Texas, United States of America

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Areas of Specialization

Epistemology of Logic

Areas of Interest

Logic and Philosophy of Logic

Philosophy of Mathematics

Philosophy of Language

20th Century Philosophy

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On the Semantic Argument for Logical Pluralism
Sabina Dominguez Parrado

Erkenntnis. forthcoming.

According to a prominent argument, logical pluralism arises due to the ambiguity – or other semantic features – of natural language expressions such as 'valid' or 'follows from'. In this paper, I show that this argument is unsuccessful. First, I argue that there is no compelling linguistic evidence for the claim that 'valid' and its cognates are ambiguous. As a result, logical pluralism cannot arise from the ambiguity of these expressions. Second, I point out that semantic considerations are gen…Read more
According to a prominent argument, logical pluralism arises due to the ambiguity – or other semantic features – of natural language expressions such as 'valid' or 'follows from'. In this paper, I show that this argument is unsuccessful. First, I argue that there is no compelling linguistic evidence for the claim that 'valid' and its cognates are ambiguous. As a result, logical pluralism cannot arise from the ambiguity of these expressions. Second, I point out that semantic considerations are generally ill-suited to yield an interesting version of pluralism. The upshot is that logical pluralists cannot appeal to the semantics of 'valid' and its cognates to argue for their view.