Organon F
Volume 32, November 2025, Issue 4, Pages 402–420
ISSN 2585-7150 (online)
Research Article
Debates on Semantic Relationism: Against the Psychological Variant
Seong Soo Park
This paper deals with the debates on whether semantic relationism can adequately address belief reports. Soames argues that semantic relationism encounters difficulties in addressing belief reports, to which Fine provides a reply. However, Pinillos contends that Fine’s responses are problematic and proposes an alternative theory that, he claims, can handle belief reports without issues. The primary aim of this paper is to argue against Pinillos’s claims. I begin by discussing the Fine-Soames debate on semantic relationism, focusing on the propositions suggested by Fine. I then introduce Pinillos’s criticism of Fine’s response to Soames’s objection and argue that this criticism is inconclusive. Following that, I outline Pinillos’s alternative view and demonstrate that it faces a serious problem. Finally, I conclude by summarizing the main points discussed throughout the paper.
Semantic Relationism; belief ascriptions; Frege’s puzzles; Kit Fine; Ángel Pinillos.
Author
Seong Soo Park
Affiliation
Sungkyunkwan University
Address
The Department of Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, 25-2, Sungkyunkwanro, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Received
2 December 2024
Revised
25 May 2025
Accepted
30 May 2025
Publishers
Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences
APA
Park, S.S. (2025). Debates on Semantic Relationism: Against the Psychological Variant. Organon F, 32(4), 402–420. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32402
Chicago
Park, Seong Soo. 2025. "Debates on Semantic Relationism: Against the Psychological Variant." Organon F 32 (4): 402–420. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32402
Harvard
Park, S.S. (2025). Debates on Semantic Relationism: Against the Psychological Variant. Organon F, 32(4), pp. 402–420. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32402
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