Metaphysical realism in the face of challenges from contextualism and nonfactualism – considerations against the background of Michael Moore’s natural law theory Cover Image

Metafizyczny realizm wobec wyzwań kontekstualizmu i nonfaktualizmu – rozważania na tle prawno-naturalnej teorii Michaela Moore’a
Metaphysical realism in the face of challenges from contextualism and nonfactualism – considerations against the background of Michael Moore’s natural law theory

Author(s): Michał Pełka
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej – Sekcja Polska IVR
Keywords: contextualism; Saul Kripke; metaphysical realism; Michael Moore; nonfactualism; Ludwig Wittgenstein

Summary/Abstract: The article tackles with the problem of truth-conditional theory of meaning for sentences, which are usually connected with the doctrine of metaphysical realism. It consists basically of two parts. The first part describes several arguments aimed at rejecting realism. The conclusion of this part is a claim that even if Moore’s defense in this regard is successful there are two additional attempts to undermine his theory, namely the argument from contextualism and the argument from nonfactualism that are described and developed in the second part of the paper.

  • Issue Year: 14/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 74-89
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish