Making It Explicit: Reasoning, Representing & Discursive Commitment: Reasoning, Representing and Discursive Commitment

by Robert Brandom (Author)

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  1998

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  This text examines the nature of language from the perspective of inference rather than representation. It proposes a theory that renders linguistic meaning in terms of use , explaining how semantic content can be conferred on expressions and attitudes that are part of social practice.