Taylor, J. H. and Vickers, Peter (2015) Conceptual Fragmentation and the Rise of Eliminativism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Pluralist and eliminativist positions in philosophy – and other disciplines – have proliferated in recent decades. This paper emphasises the sheer scale of this movement: we start by summarising twenty debates which have been affected, thus illustrating how often debates have been transformed by the introduction of pluralist and/or eliminativist thinking. We then provide an explanation of why this shift of philosophical terrain has occurred, an explanation which in turn predicts that its reach will extend to other debates currently unaffected, and for good reasons. We go on to detail the landscape of various different pluralist and eliminativist positions one may favour. We ultimately argue for pluralism at the meta-level: whether one should implement (some stripe of) pluralism or eliminativism depends on the context of discussion and the details of the debate at hand. We use this analysis to dissolve debates between ‘pluralists’ and ‘eliminativists’ in various domains.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Taylor, J. H. j.h.taylor@durham.ac.uk Vickers, Peter peter.vickers@durham.ac.uk
Keywords:	Eliminativism, Pluralism, Verbal Disputes
Subjects:	٠ Out of Print ٠
Depositing User:	Dr Peter Vickers
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2015 16:15
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2015 16:15
Item ID:	11320
Subjects:	٠ Out of Print ٠
Date:	13 February 2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11320

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