Deflationism and the Disquotational Schema: Letting the Air Out of Wright's Argument Against Minimal Truth

Mills, Andrew

doi:10.1080/05568640009506606

Philosophical Papers

2000

DOI: 10.1080/05568640009506606

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Deflationism and the Disquotational Schema: Letting the Air Out of Wright's Argument Against Minimal Truth

Andrew Mills¹

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Value and truth in the legal theory of Ronald Dworkin

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Brian Leiter observes that Dworkin creates problems for his legal theorizing in maintaining on the one hand that moral values figure in the truth of propositions of law, at least in 'hard cases', but on the other had that there are right answers to be found for those 'hard cases'. 1 Moreover, Leiter stresses that while Dworkin was aware of these concerns, his responses 'have attracted little attention from philosophers or jurisprudents over the years'. 2 Yet, Dworkin's approach to the objectivity of moral (and, therefore, legal) truth is critical to drawing a distinction between his work and that of other constructive interpretive theorists. It is the very aspect that sets his work apart from many other philosophers who might be sympathetic to his interpretive views. It is the aim of this thesis to clarify and contextualize this important aspect of Dworkin's theoretical outlook.I propose that it is helpful to understanding Dworkin's approach to objectivity and truth, and his theory as a whole, to situate his work within the canonical theories of David Hume and Immanuel Kant, but also I consider that it is equally helpful to situate Dworkin's thinking on these matters, iii be to consider that Dworkin's theory is a form of 'quietism' (that is, that it prescinds from or remains agnostic on metaphysical issues), an accusation that he responds to himself.

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Deflationism and the Disquotational Schema: Letting the Air Out of Wright's Argument Against Minimal Truth

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