An intuitively compelling distinction seems to exist between those areas of discourse in which the facts are in some sense 'up to us' and those in which they are not. Response-dependence theories were initially proposed as an attempt to sharpen this distinction. However, the original idea has since been extended in various different ways, with different philosophical aims in mind. As a result, discussions of response-dependence can sometimes be confusing. In this paper, I present an overview of the different notions of response-dependence that have been proposed, and their differences. Jussi Haukioja is a professor at the Department of Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. His main interests are in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophical methodology.

Authors’ Biography

Jussi Haukioja is a professor at the Department of Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. His main interests are in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophical methodology.

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