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2Semantic Competence: Speakers' Knowledge and ExpressionDissertation, University of Connecticut. 2021.The purpose of this dissertation is to answer the following question that falls in the intersection of philosophy of language and epistemology: is there any distinctive kind of knowledge that one might possess, merely in virtue of being a native, competent speaker of a certain natural language? When this is expressed as a question specifically about meaning, intuitions may support an affirmative answer. Philosophers of language often emphasize that human language use is essentially a rational ac…Read more
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10The Logical Possibility of Moral Dilemmas in Expressivist SemanticsEuropean Journal of Analytic Philosophy 20 (1): 55-85. 2024.In this paper, using Mark Schroeder’s (2008a) expressivist semantic framework for normative language as a case study, I will identify difficulties that even an expressivist semantic theory capable of addressing the Frege-Geach problem will encounter in handling the logical possibility of moral dilemmas. To this end, I will draw on a classical puzzle formulated by McConnell (1978) that the logical possibility of moral dilemmas conflicts with some of the prima facie plausible axioms of the standar…Read more
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37The Logical Possibility of Moral Dilemmas in Expressivist Semantics: A Case StudyEuropean Journal of Analytic Philosophy 20 (1): 55-85. 2024.In this paper, using Mark Schroeder’s (2008a) expressivist semantic framework for normative language as a case study, I will identify difficulties that even an expressivist semantic theory capable of addressing the Frege-Geach problem will encounter in handling the logical possibility of moral dilemmas. To this end, I will draw on a classical puzzle formulated by McConnell (1978) that the logical possibility of moral dilemmas conflicts with some of the prima facie plausible axioms of the standar…Read more
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46Hume on Nonhuman Animals, Causal Reasoning, and General ThoughtsSouthern Journal of Philosophy 59 (2): 205-229. 2021.The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
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Philosophy of Language |
Meaning |
Language Production and Comprehension |
Intentionality |
Epistemology of Mind |
Wilfrid Sellars |
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