A REFLECTIVE ANGLE FOR THE PROPOSITIONAL PROBLEM

pragmatism as a reflective take on meaning disputes

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https://doi.org/10.26512/pl.v11i24.45856

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Pragmatism. Hermeneutics. Semantics. Analytical philosophy. Continental philosophy.

Abstract

This paper has a threefold profile. First off, it is a technical exposition of the recent history of debate on propositions, understood as objective entities of knowledge about truth and falsehood. Secondly, we will argue that the pragmatic approach provides a reflective angle for mixing semantic and hermeneutic discussion. By making a version of dynamically generated meaning relations available to the semantic universe, within specific strategies for searching for stable foundations of meaning, pragmatism opens up the problem for hermeneutic reflection. Third, we will argue that there are two main ways to problematize the debates that ignite meaning formation: moral dramatization and technical problematization. Technical formalization of the meaning-practices institutionalizes the collective conditions of acceptance for winning strategies of argumentation, and moral dramatization reifies those winning strategies as the deontological aim of a culture. The article has a reflective purpose. It aims to facilitate dialogue between distant philosophical traditions and to test the potential of analytical philosophy to absorb issues related to the pre-stages of meaning formation.

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Author Biography

Lucas Ribeiro Vollet, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Possui graduação em filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2008), mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2011), e doutorado em Filosofia (2016) pela mesma Universidade, atuando principalmente no seguinte tema: juízo, razão prática, validade, ciência.

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2023-06-26

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Ribeiro Vollet, L. (2023). A REFLECTIVE ANGLE FOR THE PROPOSITIONAL PROBLEM: pragmatism as a reflective take on meaning disputes. PÓLEMOS – Revista De Estudantes De Filosofia Da Universidade De Brasília, 11(24), 81–100. https://doi.org/10.26512/pl.v11i24.45856

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