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Relationism and the Problem of Publicity

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: According to a recently developed family of relational views, whether two concepts C1and C2are the same is a matter of an external relation in which their tokens stand. In this paper, we highlight the chief contributions of Relationism in the elucidation of concept sameness, present a set of arguments to the effect that relational accounts of concept sameness fail to accommodate a substantive notion of concept publicity, and offer a diagnosis of this result. We conclude that the strengths of non‐relational approaches will also need to be considered in order to fully capture what it means for a concept to be public.

Source: Pacific philosophical quarterly

DOI: 10.1111/papq.12396

Authors: Matheus Valente, Víctor M. Verdejo

Institutions: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Universitat de València

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,500

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo