Deflationism of Truth
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ABSTRACT: Minimalists about truth contend that traditional inflationary theories systematically fail to explain certain facts about truth, and that this failure licenses a 'reversal of explanatory direction'. Once reversed, they purport... more
ABSTRACT: Minimalists about truth contend that traditional inflationary theories systematically fail to explain certain facts about truth, and that this failure licenses a 'reversal of explanatory direction'. Once reversed, they purport that their own minimal theory adequately explains all of the facts involving truth. But minimalists' main objection to inflationism seems to misfire, and the subsequent reversal of explanatory direction, if it can be made sense of, leaves minimalism in no better explanatory position; and even if the objection were serviceable and the reversal legitimate, minimalists' adequacy thesis is still implausible.
ABSTRACT: The theme of this special issue is minimalism about truth, featuring original new work---both critical and constructive---from Keith Simmons, Cezary Cieśliński, Teresa Marques, Anil Gupta, Shawn Standefer, Andrew Howat, Filippo... more
ABSTRACT: The theme of this special issue is minimalism about truth, featuring original new work---both critical and constructive---from Keith Simmons, Cezary Cieśliński, Teresa Marques, Anil Gupta, Shawn Standefer, Andrew Howat, Filippo Ferrari, Paul Horwich, and Katarzyna Kijania-Placek. Special thanks to Gila Sher and the other editors-in-chief of Synthese for the opportunity, to my co-editor, Joseph Ulatowski, for making it all happen, and to each of the very many referees who generously gave us their time and scrupulous attention in reviewing the manuscripts.
The standard approach to conceptual understanding in the case of autism uses the distinction of abstract versus concrete thinking. This approach has its benefits but fails to explain all features of language use. For example, some... more
The standard approach to conceptual understanding in the case of autism uses the distinction of abstract versus concrete thinking. This approach has its benefits but fails to explain all features of language use. For example, some concepts change their meaning in different contexts in contrast to concepts that are more rigid in their uses, such as mathematical concepts. This idea has its background in Minimalist theory of fiction (MTF), a theory that considers 'skills to use words' essential for understanding fiction, contrasting with theories that require pretending or make believe to understand fiction. From this background, the theory of Integrative Complexity (IC), and the method animating for practice, ICthinking®, can be of particular use to autistic people. The interventions develop meta-cognitive skills and are supportive of autistic people. From these starting points, we introduce new research hypotheses for developing educational methods especially for autistic people.