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| Inferences: when we move from premises to conclusions we carry out inferences. See also Conclusions, Implication, Conditional, Logic, Inferential content, Inferential role, Inferentialism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gareth Evans on Inference - Dictionary of Arguments
II 209 Evans/(s): conclusion without constants: from knowledge to truth - Despite having the same semantic structure there are different inferences with knowledge than with beliefs. II 200ff Inferences/predicates/Evans/(s): Problem: inferences that are determined by predicates and verbs rather than by logical constants: problem: from "good as king" we cannot infer "he is good and he is a King". From "knows that p" follows "p" but from "believes that p" it doesn’t - despite the same semantic structure. Problem: rules do not apply to every predicate individually when we want a uniform meaning theory. II 216 Logic/everyday language/semantics/Evans: There is a deeper concept than the concept of logical constants, of logical inference and logical validity: namely the concept of semantic >structure and >structural validity._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EMD II G. Evans/J. McDowell Truth and Meaning Oxford 1977 Evans I Gareth Evans "The Causal Theory of Names", in: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Suppl. Vol. 47 (1973) 187-208 In Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993 Evans II Gareth Evans "Semantic Structure and Logical Form" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 Evans III G. Evans The Varieties of Reference (Clarendon Paperbacks) Oxford 1989 |
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