Normativity of Meaning

Hodjati, Seied Mohammad Ali; Ghorbanian, Homan Mohammad; Nabavi, Lotfollah; Golfam, Arsalan

Document Type : Translation & Critic

Authors

¹ Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tarbiat Modares University (Corresponding author),

² Ph.D Student in Philosophy, Tarbiat Modares University

³  Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tarbiat Modares University

⁴  Associate Professor of Department of Linguistic, Tarbiat Modares University

Abstract

Many philosophers claim that semantic content of language is normative, which means that meaning of a term prescribes the pattern of use or determines which pattern of use can be described as ‘correct’. The most important arguments for normativity, made by Kripke, Boghossian and others, are based on the concepts of ‘regularities’, ‘correct uses’ and ‘possibility of semantic mistakes’. But some philosophers have scrutinized the slogan ‘meaning is normative’ and have found some flaws in pro arguments. There are good reasons to consider the normativity of meaning as a side effect of ‘being public ’; that is, meaning, as itself, is neutral to correct or incorrect uses, but the moral or social laws of society impose several norms on language.

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Normativity of Meaning

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 7
March 2013
Pages 44-64

Normativity of Meaning

References

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 7March 2013Pages 44-64

Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 7
March 2013
Pages 44-64