normativism

When combined with MD normativism, communitarianism usually construes meaning determining rules as conventions adopted by whole speech communities.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

If meaning determining rules moreover are prescriptions, MD normativism provides a metaphysics directly underwriting the most common form of ME normativism: ME prescriptivism.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

The plausibility of guidance normativism, be it with respect to meaning or content, depends on whether it can account for the difference between rule following and mere accordance with the relevant rules.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

Both debates are very much on-going and at this point there is little consensus as to whether normativism holds for either meaning or content, but we hope to have given a clear sense of where the central issues lie.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

Appealing to constitutive rules thus would mean accepting what we call MD normativism: It would mean accepting that expressions have meaning because there are rules or norms in force for their use.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

Let us, again, call the version of CD normativism that requires rule following “guidance normativism”.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

Over and above its intuitive appeal, there are various more theoretical reasons for MD normativism.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

At a minimum, MD normativism claims that the following not only is essential for, but also metaphysically prior to, an expression e˜s having meaning M (for a speaker, or group of speakers, S at a time t):

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

In what follows we shall first discuss ME normativism, where the discussion following Kripke's book plays a central role, and then MD normativism.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009

The single most common form of MD normativism holds that the meaning of linguistic expressions is determined by rules for their use.

The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009