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Truth relativism and Evans' challenge

Sebastiano Moruzzi

pp. 385-400

Abstract

In this chapter I develop a version of Evans' challenge for MacFarlane's assessment-sensitive relativism. The argument is meant to show that, contrary to MacFarlane's intentions, the correctness of an assertion is a relative matter if the area of discourse has an assessment-sensitive semantics. Thus MacFarlane's truth-relativism is an inherently unstable doctrine for it is unclear how we should behave in order to achieve the goal of an assertion.

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Coliva Annalisa, Leonardi Paolo, Moruzzi Sebastiano (2018) Eva Picardi on language, analysis and history. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 385-400

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95777-7_18

Full citation:

Moruzzi Sebastiano (2018) „Truth relativism and Evans' challenge“, In: A. Coliva, P. Leonardi & S. Moruzzi (eds.), Eva Picardi on language, analysis and history, Dordrecht, Springer, 385–400.