Devitt on the Epistemic Authority of Linguistic Intuitions |
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Authors: | Mark Textor |
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Institution: | (1) King’s College, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK |
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Abstract: | Michael Devitt has argued that a satisfactory explanation of the authority of linguistic intuitions need not assume that they
are derived from tacit knowledge of principles of grammar. Devitt’s Modest Explanation is based on a controversial construal
of linguistic intuitions as meta-linguistic central-processor judgements. I will argue that there are non-judgemental responses
to linguistic strings, linguistic seemings, which are evidence for linguistic theories. Devitt cannot account for their epistemic
authority. This spoils his ‘modest explanation’. Devitt’s opponent, the Voice of Competence View, is back in business. |
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