Is it possible to defend Contextualism? Respond to Lukáš Likavčan

Vol.14,No.1(2013)

Marián Zouhar

https://doi.org/10.5817/pf14-1-506

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Abstract

This paper defends certain arguments against contextualism which were disputed by Lukáš Likavčan in his paper (Likavčan, 2012). It is shown (i) that contextualism fails to offer right predictions concerning what is said in certain cases; (ii) that contextualism postulates context-sensitivity beyond necessity; (iii) that either contextualism assumes that semantic minimalism (which contradicts contextualism) is correct, or is based on a circular argumentation.

Keywords:
Context-sensitivity; contextualism; minimal indexicalism; unarticulated constituent; what is said

References

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Likavčan, L. (2012) Význam kontextu. ProFil, vol. 13, no. 2, s. 93-98, [cit. 2013-02-16]. Dostupné z WWW: < http://www.phil.muni.cz/journals/index.php/profil/article/view/328 >.

Mácha, J. (2012) M. Zouhar, Význam v kontexte (recenzia). Organon F, vol. 19, no. 4, s. 548-557. Dostupné z WWW: < http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2012/4/548-557.pdf >.

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