Original scientific paper

Intuitions Once Again! Object-level vs. Meta-level

Dunja Jutronić ; University of Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Firstly, I present some of my most important answers to Miščević’s objections to my 2014 paper which I fully disagree with. Secondly and more importantly, I point out that there is a possible confusion or misunderstanding about the distinction between the object-level (sentence produced) and meta-level (sentence judged). I argue that competentionalist actually conflates object and meta levels and show the fi nal consequences of such a confl ation. The ordinarist fi rmly believes that there should be a separation between the object-level and meta-level and provides the explanation for this. Finally, I briefl y comment on the so-called ‘Route Question’, the path from the underlying competence to the central processor and argue that competentionalist cannot provide an explanation for it. The hope is that this discussion brings us closer to understanding the difference between the two opposing views.

Keywords

Linguistic intuitions; competentionalism; ordinarism; meta-level; object-level; the route question.

Hrčak ID:

253553

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/253553

Publication date:

5.9.2018.

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