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Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice's Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning

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Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice's Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning

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Grice (1957), in his theory of meaning, introduced a distinction between two different types of meaning: nonnatural meaning and natural meaning. Grice’s distinction has been put to use in other areas of philosophy as well. Most famously, Dretske (1981, 1986) used Grice’s distinction in his naturalized epistemology. Scarantino and Piccinini (2010) offered a probabilistic alternative for semantic theories of information based on Grice's distinction. In both Dretske’s and Scarantino and Piccinini’s works, Grice’s distinction is assumed to form a dichotomy. This dichotomous nature, I claim, is at the root of some of the problems that afflict Dretske’s information-based naturalized epistemology and Scarantino and Piccinini’s probabilistic approach to information. In this paper, I suggest a revised version of Grice's distinction. In this revised version, instead of a dichotomy, natural and nonnatural meaning categories form a continuity, allowing overlapping and mixed intermediary categories between natural and nonnatural meaning. This continuous version, I further claim, provides more resources for avoiding some of the problems that afflict Dretske’s naturalized epistemology and Scarantino and Piccinini’s probabilistic approach to information.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Çağdaş Felsefe

Bölüm

Teorik Makale

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Aralık 2024

Gönderilme Tarihi

25 Eylül 2024

Kabul Tarihi

28 Kasım 2024

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2024 Sayı: 80

Kaynak Göster

APA
Demir, M. H. (2024). Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning. Felsefe Dünyası, 80, 4-19. https://doi.org/10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865
AMA
1.Demir MH. Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning. FD. 2024;(80):4-19. doi:10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865
Chicago
Demir, Mehmet Hilmi. 2024. “Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning”. Felsefe Dünyası, sy 80: 4-19. https://doi.org/10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865.
EndNote
Demir MH (01 Aralık 2024) Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning. Felsefe Dünyası 80 4–19.
IEEE
[1]M. H. Demir, “Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning”, FD, sy 80, ss. 4–19, Ara. 2024, doi: 10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865.
ISNAD
Demir, Mehmet Hilmi. “Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning”. Felsefe Dünyası. 80 (01 Aralık 2024): 4-19. https://doi.org/10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865.
JAMA
1.Demir MH. Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning. FD. 2024;:4–19.
MLA
Demir, Mehmet Hilmi. “Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning”. Felsefe Dünyası, sy 80, Aralık 2024, ss. 4-19, doi:10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Hilmi Demir. Dichotomy or Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural and Nonnatural Meaning. FD. 01 Aralık 2024;(80):4-19. doi:10.58634/felsefedunyasi.1555865