Meaning and Inference

0140408 - FLU-F 20030063 RIV CZ eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Peregrin, Jaroslav
Meaning and Inference.
The Logica Yearbook. Praha: Filosofia, 2003 - (Childers, T.; Majer, O.), s. 193-205. ISBN 80-7007-172-9.
[Logica 2002. Zahrádky (CZ), 18.06.2002-21.06.2002]
Grant CEP: GA AV ČR IAA0009001
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z9009908
Klíčová slova: inferentialist semantics
Kód oboru RIV: AA - Filosofie a náboženství

According to certain semantic theories, the meaning of an expression is, principally, its inferential role. In this paper we first propose an exact definition of the concept of inferential role, and then go on to examine the question whether subscribing to inferentialism necessitates throwing away existing theories of formal semantics, as we know them from logic, or whether these could be somehow accomodated within the inferentialist framework. The conclusion we reach is that it is possible to make an inferentialist sense of even those common semantic theories which are usually considered as incompatible with inferentialism, such as the standard semantics of second-order logic.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0038147