How to Misspell 'Paris'

Miller, James

Abstract

One feature of language is that we are able to make mistakes in our use of language. Amongst other sorts of mistakes, we can misspeak, misspell, missign, or misunderstand. Given this, it seems that our metaphysics of words should be flexible enough to accommodate such mistakes. It has been argued that a nominalist account of words cannot accommodate the phenomenon of misspelling. I sketch a nominalist trope-bundle view of words that can.

Citation

Miller, J. (in press). How to Misspell 'Paris'. Philosophy,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 22, 2024
• Deposit Date: Apr 24, 2024
• Journal: Philosophy
• Print ISSN: 0031-8191
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-817X
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2395367
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy
• Related Public URLs: https://philpapers.org/rec/MILHTM-5