Relative correctness |
| |
Authors: | Teresa Marques |
| |
Affiliation: | 1. University of Lisbon, Faculdade de Letras, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214, Lisbon, Portugal
|
| |
Abstract: | John MacFarlane defends a radical form of truth relativism that makes the truth of assertions relative not only to contexts of utterance but also to contexts of assessment, or perspectives. Making sense of assessment-sensitive truth is a matter of making sense of the normative commitments undertaken by speakers in using assessment sensitive sentences. This paper argues against the possibility of making sense of such a practice. Evans raised a challenge to the coherence of relative truth. A modification of the challenge can be given against MacFarlane’s revised views on assertion. The main objection to the relativist is that rational and earnest speakers are not bound by assessment-relative standards of correctness. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|