The Frege–Geach Problem, Modus Ponens, and Legal Language
Philosophy of Morality and Law
Vitaly Ogleznev
Tomsk State University
Published 2018-10-22
https://doi.org/10.15388/Problemos.2018.93.11760
PDF

Keywords

ascriptive language, ascriptivism, Frege–Geach Problem, Modus Ponens

How to Cite

Ogleznev, V. (2018) “The Frege–Geach Problem, Modus Ponens, and Legal Language”, Problemos, 93, pp. 167–176. doi:10.15388/Problemos.2018.93.11760.

Abstract

[full article, abstract in English; only abstract in Lithuanian]

This paper proposes a new pragmatic interpretation of the Frege–Geach problem and presents a possible solution using a model of ascriptive legal language. The first section includes the definition of the Frege–Geach problem. In the second section, I analyze the content of Geach’s critical argument against prescriptivism in ethics. I discuss what Geach means by ascriptivism, why he mixes it with prescriptivism, and why a particular article by Herbert Hart became the subject of criticism by Geach. The third section proposes a possible solution to the Frege–Geach problem based on the explication of the assertoric force of ascriptive legal utterances and the performativity of legal language.

PDF

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.