Papers by Pedro Antonio García Jorge
International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2018
Carnap (1956) famously argued that there are two kinds of questions and claims concerning the exi... more Carnap (1956) famously argued that there are two kinds of questions and claims concerning the existence or reality of entities: internal and external ones. We focus on Carnapian external ontological claims of the form: 'Xs really exist', where 'X' stands for some traditional metaphysical category, such as 'substance', 'fact' or 'structure' (at least in traditional debates among ontologists). While Carnap considered them as meaningless, we consider them as faultlessly meaningful. However, in line with an expressivist guise, we do not claim that they have the meaning they have in virtue of representing a certain range of entities in the world or describing pieces of reality. Quite the contrary, we maintain that they are meaningful because they perform a function that is fundamentally expressive, that is, a non-descriptive function. In particular, they may imply a distinctive type of metalinguistic expressive function. Moreover, we avoid accuses of mentalism insofar as we explain the meaning of external ontological claims in terms of the practical commitments to the adoption of certain linguistic forms they express, rather than as expressing some kind of mental state (inside the head).
Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofía, 2021
La defensa de la normatividad del significado ha derivado en el debate sobre la prioridad metafís... more La defensa de la normatividad del significado ha derivado en el debate sobre la prioridad metafísica de las reglas o del significado (cfr. Glüer and Wikforss, 2018). Sin embargo, la defensa de la prioridad de las reglas no es más que una variante de intelectualismo y, por ende, está sujeta a las mismas críticas que éste, mientras que la defensa de la prioridad del significado deja sin respuesta a la pregunta metasemántica ¿cómo es qué el lenguaje es significativo? Una concepción pragmatista sobre las reglas permite superar el debate evitando el intelectualismo y proporcionando una respuesta a la pregunta metasemántica.
articles by Pedro Antonio García Jorge
Disputatio Philosophical Research Bulletin, 2021
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Papers by Pedro Antonio García Jorge
articles by Pedro Antonio García Jorge