Ecumenical alethic pluralism. Issue 3 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ferrari, Filippo; Moruzzi, Sebastiano
• Is Part Of: Canadian journal of philosophy. Volume 49:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 368
• Page End: 393
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Truth -- pluralism -- deflationism -- relativism -- inflationary argument -- normativity -- taste; Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1080/00455091.2018.1493880
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0045-5091

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Ecumenical Alethic Pluralism (EAP) is a novel kind of alethic pluralism. It is ecumenical in that it widens the scope of alethic pluralism by allowing for a normatively deflated truth property alongside a variety of normatively robust truth properties. We establish EAP by showing how Wright's Inflationary Arguments fail in the domain of taste, once a relativist treatment of the metaphysics and epistemology of that domain is endorsed. EAP is highly significant to current debates on the nature of truth insofar as it involves a reconfiguration of the dialectic between deflationists and pluralists.