ABSTRACT

When true, ‘I am not speaking’ is a truth I cannot speak. Similarly, when ‘I am not thinking’ is true, I cannot think it without rendering it false. But consider a world where eliminativism obtains, where no one can strictly speak or think of anything at all. In that world, are there truths that I* (my counterpart) cannot speak or think? The answer may seem trivially “yes,” since I* cannot speak or think anything. But suppose, as is plausible, that “truths” are representational items, meaningful sentences or thoughts. Then the answer is “no.” For there would be no truths, hence no unspeakable or unthinkable truths. Though there would still be facts of which I* cannot speak or think.