Philosophical Studies 126 (1):1 - 27 (2005)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
Grelling’s Paradox is the paradox which results from considering whether heterologicality, the word-property which a designator has when and only when the designator does not bear the word-property it designates, is had by ‘ ȁ8heterologicality’. Although there has been some philosophical debate over its solution, Grelling’s Paradox is nearly uniformly treated as a variant of either the Liar Paradox or Russell’s Paradox, a paradox which does not present any philosophical challenges not already presented by the two better known paradoxes. The aims of this paper are, first, to offer a precise formulation of Grelling’s Paradox which is clearly distinguished from both the Liar Paradox and Russell’s Paradox; second, to offer a solution to Grelling’s Paradox which both resolves the paradoxical reasoning and accounts for unproblematic predications of heterologicality; and, third, to argue that there are two lessons to be drawn from Grelling’s Paradox which have not yet been drawn from the Liar or Russell’s Paradox. The first lesson is that it is possible for the semantic content of a predicate to be sensitive to the semantic context; i.e., it is possible for a predicate to be an indexical expression. The second lesson is that the semantic content of an indexical predicate, though unproblematic for many cases, can nevertheless be problematic in some cases.
|
Keywords | Philosophy Philosophy Epistemology Logic Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Religion |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1007/s11098-004-7808-z |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Demonstratives: An Essay on the Semantics, Logic, Metaphysics and Epistemology of Demonstratives and Other Indexicals.David Kaplan - 1989 - In Joseph Almog, John Perry & Howard Wettstein (eds.), Themes From Kaplan. Oxford University Press. pp. 481-563.
Themes From Kaplan.Joseph Almog, John Perry & Howard Wettstein (eds.) - 1989 - Oxford University Press.
View all 28 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Inexpressible Properties and Grelling’s Antinomy.Benjamin Schnieder - 2010 - Philosophical Studies 148 (3):369 - 385.
Zur Antinomik der Fehlbarkeit.Mike Stange - 2021 - Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 75 (1):5-32.
Similar books and articles
The Principle of Uniform Solution (of the Paradoxes of Self-Reference).Nicholas J. J. Smith - 2000 - Mind 109 (433):117-122.
The No-No Paradox Is a Paradox.Roy T. Cook - 2011 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 89 (3):467-482.
On a Medieval Solution to the Liar Paradox.Keith Simmons - 1987 - History and Philosophy of Logic 8 (2):121-140.
The Pinocchio Paradox.Peter Eldridge-Smith & Veronique Eldridge-Smith - 2010 - Analysis 70 (2):212-215.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
57 ( #201,660 of 2,520,806 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #405,623 of 2,520,806 )
2009-01-28
Total views
57 ( #201,660 of 2,520,806 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #405,623 of 2,520,806 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads