We have several new publications in EuJAP. We will highlight the first four in this post.
The first is “Biosemantics and Magnetism as Metametasemantic Theories” by Filip Kawczyński (University of Warsaw). This paper discusses two leading approaches to metametasemantics—Lewis’s Reference Magnetism and Millikan’s Biosemantics—and evaluates their ability to address semantic indeterminacy. It argues that Biosemantics provides a more empirically grounded and theoretically robust framework for adjudicating between alternative metasemantic theories.
Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/506186
The second is “The Conceivability Wars” by Bruno Cortesi (Visiting Scholar, University of Graz). This paper discusses the “shombie” response to Chalmers’s zombie argument against physicalism. It argues that physicalists who regard zombies as ideally inconceivable must reject phenomenal essentialism or other assumptions underlying Chalmers’s argument, while defending phenomenal essentialism as highly plausible.
Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/506196
The third is “From Conceptual Lacuna to Conceptual Distortion: The Case of Self–Illness Ambiguity” by Laura Delgado-Verges (National University of Distance Education, UNED). This paper discusses hermeneutical injustice in psychiatry, arguing that it can arise not only from gaps in available concepts but also from the distortion of existing hermeneutical resources. It examines how such distortions can affect people experiencing self–illness ambiguity, focusing on concepts developed by the Neurodiversity Movement and Mad Pride.
Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/506198
We also have a short discussion, “More Temporal Properties, More Temporal Problems: A Reply to Montminy and Russo,” by Tommaso Soriani (University of Reading) and Emanuele Tullio (Central European University). This paper discusses Montminy and Russo’s perdurantist solution to Johnston’s Personite Problem. It argues that their account leads to a counterintuitive overgrounding of temporal properties, a problem that becomes especially apparent in cases involving fission followed by fusion.
Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/506214