The syntactic priority thesis and ontological disputes

Duke, George 2012, The syntactic priority thesis and ontological disputes, Canadian journal of philosophy, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 149-164.

Document type:	Journal Article
Collections:	Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Title	The syntactic priority thesis and ontological disputes
Author(s)	Duke, George
Journal name	Canadian journal of philosophy
Volume number	42
Issue number	2
Start page	149
End page	164
Total pages	16
Publisher	University of Calgary Press
Place of publication	Calgary, Canada
Publication date	2012-06
ISSN	0045-5091
Keyword(s)	academic dissertations linguistic analysis analysis philosophy grammar
Summary	The article focuses on the neo-Fregean's claim that syntactic priority thesis (SP) can constitute a decision-procedure in relation to substantive ontological disputes. It examines alternative interpretations of SP and demonstrates why SP cannot settle disputes about the existence of numbers or deliver on the stronger meta-ontological claims made on behalf it. Problems associated with the attempt to establish ontological theses through logical and linguistic analysis are tackled.
Language	eng
Field of Research	220313 Philosophy of Language
Socio Economic Objective	970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048363

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