PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR A ONE-SIDED SOLUTION TO KRIPKE’S PROBLEM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5840/eps202461224Keywords:
meaning skepticism, speech communication, Kripke, meaningAbstract
This text is a replica of the article by E.V. Borisov "A Straight Solution to Kripke’s Problem." The proposed solution to the problem of skepticism regarding the meaning of a linguistic expression is based on the idea of language and speech activity, limited to the act of use. Such a truncated and one-sided version of the analysis of language presents a picture where the only subject capable of understanding the meanings of words is the speech agent himself. Although this approach partially allows us to resolve the skeptical problem, it arises again when we pay attention not to the agent of speech, but to the recipient to whom speech activity is directed.
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