Inferential Expressivism
Year: 2023
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter introduces inferential expressivism, the view that the meaning of certain linguistic items is given by the inferences to attitude expressions they license. It is argued that the bilateralist programme in logic, which holds that the meaning of the logical constants is given by conditions on assertion and rejection, is best regarded as a form of inferential expressivism about negation. And while traditional expressivism about negation falls prey to the Frege-Geach Problem, its inferential counterpart has the resources to solve it. The chapter goes on to develop a version of bilateral logic in which strong and weak rejections are distinguished. This opens the door to multilateralism, the view that the meaning of linguistic expressions is given by conditions on more than two distinct speech acts.
Source: Oxford University Press eBooks
Authors: Luca Incurvati, Julian J. Schlöder
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4388959091