The Case of the Disappearing Semicolon: Expressive-Assertivism and the Embedding Problem

Philosophia 46 (4):959-979 (2018)
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Abstract

Expressive-Assertivism, a metaethical theory championed by Daniel Boisvert, is sometimes considered to be a particularly promising form of hybrid expressivism. One of the main virtues of Expressive-Assertivism is that it seems to offer a simple solution to the Frege-Geach problem. I argue, in contrast, that Expressive-Assertivism faces much the same challenges as pure expressivism.

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Thorsten Sander
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