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adj
Of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, philosophy, sciences, semantics
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noun
A supporter of inferentialism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From inferential + -ist. Coined by the philosopher Robert Brandom to describe his own theory, and since applied more widely.
