Linguistic Mistakes

Abstract Ever since the publication of Kripke’s Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language, there’s been a raging debate in philosophy language over whether meaning thought are, some sense, normative. Most participants normativity wars seem to agree that uses meaningful expressions are semantically correct while disagreeing this entails anything But what is it say use an expression correct? On so-called orthodox construal, doesn’t result factual mistake, is, saying or thinking something false. alternative construal instead distinctively linguistic misusing expression. It natural think these two construals semantic correctness simply about different things not necessarily competition with each other. However, common view. Instead, several philosophers who subscribe have argued as accordance make any partly because there no clear cases mistakes (Whiting Inquiry, 59:219–238, 2016, Wikforss Philos Stud 102:203–226, 2001). In paper I develop defend idea notion argue mistakes.