Basically Heather Dyke argues that metaphysicians are too often arguing from representations of reality (eg in language) to reality itself.
It looks to me like a variant of the mind projection fallacy. This might be the first book length treatment teh fallacy has gotten though. What do people think?
To give bit of background there's a debate between A-theorists and B-theorists in philosophy of time.
A-theorists think time has ontological distinctions between past present and future
B-theorists hold there is no ontological distinction between past present and future.
Dyke argues that a popular argument for A-theory (tensed language represents ontological distinctions) commits the representational fallacy. Bourne agrees , but points out an argument Dyke uses for B-theory commits the same fallacy.
Basically Heather Dyke argues that metaphysicians are too often arguing from representations of reality (eg in language) to reality itself.
It looks to me like a variant of the mind projection fallacy. This might be the first book length treatment teh fallacy has gotten though. What do people think?
See reviews here
https://www.sendspace.com/file/k5x8sy
https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/23820-metaphysics-and-the-representational-fallacy/
To give bit of background there's a debate between A-theorists and B-theorists in philosophy of time.
A-theorists think time has ontological distinctions between past present and future
B-theorists hold there is no ontological distinction between past present and future.
Dyke argues that a popular argument for A-theory (tensed language represents ontological distinctions) commits the representational fallacy. Bourne agrees , but points out an argument Dyke uses for B-theory commits the same fallacy.