Bad Concepts, Bilateral Contents
Abstract
I argue that one need not be an inferentialist in order to model inconsistent concepts, contrary to what some have thought. Representationalists can do so by adopting a form of bilateralism about contents. It remains unclear, however, why conceptual inconsistency would constitute a defect to be eliminated, rather than a vindication of dialetheism to be embraced. I suggest some answers to explore that involve accepting a descriptive form of dialetheism but denying its normative forms.
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Deigan, M., (2022) “Bad Concepts, Bilateral Contents”, Ergo 8: 46. doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.2247
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