<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Rejectivism is one of the most influential embodiments of pragmatism within contemporary philosophy of logic, advancing an explanation of the meaning of a logical notion, negation, in terms of the speech act of denial. This paper offers a challenge to rejectivism by proposing that in virtue of explaining negation in terms of denial, the rejectivist ought to be able to explain the concept of contradiction partially in terms of denial. It is argued that any failure to achieve this constitutes an explanatory failure on the part of rejectivism, and reasons are then provided to doubt that the challenge can be successfully met.</p></abstract>

Rejectivism is one of the most influential embodiments of pragmatism within contemporary philosophy of logic, advancing an explanation of the meaning of a logical notion, negation, in terms of the speech act of denial. This paper offers a challenge to rejectivism by proposing that in virtue of explaining negation in terms of denial, the rejectivist ought to be able to explain the concept of contradiction partially in terms of denial. It is argued that any failure to achieve this constitutes an explanatory failure on the part of rejectivism, and reasons are then provided to doubt that the challenge can be successfully met.

Rejectivism and the Challenge of Pragmatic Contradictions

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Rejectivism is one of the most influential embodiments of pragmatism within contemporary philosophy of logic, advancing an explanation of the meaning of a...

Rejectivism and the Challenge of Pragmatic Contradictions

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2018

Pages: 253 - 267

Reçu: 19 juil. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2016-0015

Mots clés
Rejectivism, denial, negation, contradictions, law of non-contradiction

© 2016 Ben Martin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Rejectivism and the Challenge of Pragmatic Contradictions

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2018

Pages: 253 - 267

Reçu: 19 juil. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2016-0015

Mots clésRejectivism, denial, negation, contradictions, law of non-contradiction

© 2016 Ben Martin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Rejectivism, denial, negation, contradictions, law of non-contradiction