Relationism and the Problem of Publicity. (19th December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Valente, Matheus; Verdejo, Víctor M.
• Is Part Of: Pacific philosophical quarterly. Volume 103:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 645
• Page End: 669
• Publication Date: 2021-12-19
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1111/papq.12396
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0279-0750

Abstract

Abstract: According to a recently developed family of relational views, whether two concepts C1 and C2 are the same is a matter of an external relation in which their tokens stand. In this paper, we highlight the chief contributions of Relationism in the elucidation of concept sameness, present a set of arguments to the effect that relational accounts of concept sameness fail to accommodate a substantive notion of concept publicity, and offer a diagnosis of this result. We conclude that the strengths of non‐relational approaches will also need to be considered in order to fully capture what it means for a concept to be public.