Sémantická teória a jej nesémantické pozadie: prípad hodnotiacich predikátov

• Autorzy: Marián Zouhar

Warianty tytułu

EN

Semantic Theory and its Non-Semantic Background: The Case of Evaluative Predicates

• Języki publikacji: SK

Abstrakty

EN

It is sometimes claimed that semantic theories can be assessed as correct in isolation, i.e. regardless of their connections with theories that concern other areas. The present paper offers a counter-example to this thesis that concerns predicates of taste (such as “tasty”, “funny”, “scary”), their semantics and application. It is argued that once one adopts a particular analysis of taste properties that reduces them to relational properties capturing the external stimulation and the recipient’s reaction, the most suitable kind of semantic theory should treat predicates of taste as indexical expressions of a sort. It is further shown that the indexical nature of predicates of taste can be preserved by contextualist theories and violated by relativist theories. It follows that once one opts for a certain analysis of taste properties one should adopt a certain kind of semantic theory.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

predicate of taste; contextualism; ontology; background theory; relativism; semantics

• Wydawca: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 65
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 59-75
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Marián Zouhar

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic