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The Rule-Following Paradox and its Implications for Metaphysics

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 382)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49061-8

ISBN: 978-3-319-49060-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Mar 10, 2017

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General Introduction

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 1 –7

[A summary of the entire book is given. Apart from descriptions of the contents of each chapter, several additional methodological points are made. I give reasons to avoid, as tools of philosophical analysis, concepts such as “understanding,” “meaning,” and “fact.” I also describe some...
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Kripke’s Version of Wittgenstein’s Paradox and His Solution

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 9 –31

[This chapter reviews Kripke’s original description of Wittgenstein’s paradox and its solution. Quite a bit of critical commentary has engaged with Kripke’s interpretation; but I’m not concerned with whether Kripke’s interpretation of Wittgenstein is right; I’m only concerned with Kripke’s...
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Two Versions of Robinson Crusoe

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 33 –54

[This chapter begins the analysis of the rule-following problem by the use of disposition-languages, languages with terms that apply exactly the way subjects are disposed to apply them. It’s shown that if empirical circumstances (and the dispositions of the subjects) are felicitous enough,...
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Reference Magnetism

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 55 –72

[The influential response of David Lewis to the rule-following problem (posthumously described as “reference magnetism”) is described. Three distinct approaches are traced to Lewis’s seminal papers. The first treats the world’s structure as metaphysically providing resources that supplement what...
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How Positive Success Curves Enable Private Rule Following

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 73 –85

[Two more isolated rule-following Robinson Crusoes are discussed. Crusoe 4 still recognizes himself to be speaking a disposition-meaning language because he has introspective access to the dispositions that generate his meaning-urges. But because those dispositions change relatively continuously,...
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Truth and Falsity Attributions and Truth-Conditional Semantics in Private Languages

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 87 –108

[I continue to explore the language of Crusoe 5, an isolated rule-follower. I show that his language, just like our language, can sustain the use of truth and falsity attributions. That is, it is useful to Crusoe 5, just as it is useful to us, to be able to say that certain groups of statements...
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Correspondence Metaphysics and the Cogency of a God’s Eye View

Azzouni, Jody

Pages: 109 –120

[This chapter addresses two remaining issues. The first is the apprehension that in undercutting reference-magnetism views the way I have, I’ve ruled out the possibility that the way the world sorts out for us empirically could be compatible with some version of correspondence metaphysics—an...

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