Bloße Streite um Worte
Eine Fallstudie zur Debatte um personale Identität
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Philosophical discourses can fail in different ways and for different reasons. If disputants are involved in a mere dispute over words, their dispute is not based on disagreement. Due to a linguistic misunderstanding, they just talk past each other. In its first part, this book outlines for the first time a detailed theory of mere disputes over words. What characterizes such unsuccessful disputes? And what evidence can support the suspicion of a mere dispute over words in philosophy? In the second part of the book, the author then applies the results obtained in a case study to the debate about personal identity.
Keywords
arguing over words; personal identity; metaphilosophy; verbal disputesDOI
10.1515/9783111382869ISBN
9783111382869, 9783111382258, 9783111382999, 9783111382869Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://0-www-degruyter-com.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2024Imprint
De GruyterSeries
Ideen & Argumente,Classification
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology