La inefabilidad en el lenguaje natural

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  • Claudia Picazo Jaque Universidad de Barcelona

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qfia.3.2.8279

Abstract

English Title: "The Ineffability of Natural Language"

Resumen: Los casos de variación en las condiciones de satisfacción de enunciados sin deícticos, junto con la asunción de un principio de proposicionalidad, han llevado a filósofos como Carston a defender la idea de que nuestros pensamientos son inefables, esto es, no codificables en lenguaje natural. En contra de este enfoque argumentaré (i) que esta teoría no se aplica al pensamiento consciente, (ii) que, contra el argumento de la desambiguación, el principio de proposicionalidad no es obligatorio y (iii) que podemos explicar tanto los casos exitosos de comunicación como aquellos en los que es necesario que el hablante precise qué quería decir sin recurrir a pensamientos inefables.

Abstract: Cases of variation in the satisfaction-conditions of non-indexical sen- tences, together with a principle of propositionality, have led some philosophers, as Carston, to defend the idea that our thoughts are ineffable, i.e., they cannot be articulated in natural language. Against this view I will argue (i) that this theory cannot be applied to conscious thought, (ii) against the disambiguation argument, the principle of propositionality is not mandatory and (iii) we can explain successful instances of communication as well as those cases in which the speaker needs to make clear what he means without having recourse to ineffable thoughts.

Palabras clave: infradeterminación, contextualismo, conceptos ad hoc, efabilidad, Carston, Travis.

Keywords: underdeterminacy, contextualism, ad hoc concepts, effability, Carston, Travis.


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Published

2016-09-22

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Picazo Jaque, C. (2016). La inefabilidad en el lenguaje natural. Quaderns De Filosofia, 3(2), 59–79. https://doi.org/10.7203/qfia.3.2.8279
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016)

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