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La inefabilidad en el lenguaje natural

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English Title: "The Ineffability of Natural Language" Resumen: Los casos de variacion en las condiciones de satisfaccion de enunciados sin deicticos, junto con la asuncion de un principio de proposicionalidad, han llevado a filosofos como Carston a defender la idea de que nuestros pensamientos son inefables, esto es, no codificables en lenguaje natural. En contra de este enfoque argumentare (i) que esta teoria no se aplica al pensamiento consciente, (ii) que, contra el argumento de la desambiguacion, el principio de proposicionalidad no es obligatorio y (iii) que podemos explicar tanto los casos exitosos de comunicacion como aquellos en los que es necesario que el hablante precise que queria decir sin recurrir a pensamientos inefables. Abstract: Cases of variation in the satisfaction-conditions of non-indexical sen- tences, together with a principle of propositionality, have led some philosophers, as Carston, to defend the idea that our thoughts are ineffable, i.e., they cannot be articulated in natural language. Against this view I will argue (i) that this theory cannot be applied to conscious thought, (ii) against the disambiguation argument, the principle of propositionality is not mandatory and (iii) we can explain successful instances of communication as well as those cases in which the speaker needs to make clear what he means without having recourse to ineffable thoughts. Palabras clave: infradeterminacion, contextualismo, conceptos ad hoc, efabilidad, Carston, Travis. Keywords: underdeterminacy, contextualism, ad hoc concepts, effability, Carston, Travis.