From Rules to Meanings

"This volume provides a timely update on [inferentialism] . . . There is clearly a research program here, one whose participants work closely with related areas in philosophical logic, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, the life sciences, the philosophy of perception, the philosophy of testimony, and the history of philosophy. It will be valuable for those who are either working in these areas, working at the boundaries of these and related areas, or are interested in a state-of-the-art overview of inferentialism as a strand of research that grows out of certain trends in 19th and 20th century European and North American philosophy." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Ondej Beran is a researcher, currently based at the Centre for Ethics (University of Pardubice). His publications, ongoing work, and areas of research interest include the philosophy of language, ethics, the philosophy of religion, and feminist philosophy. He has also translated some of Wittgensteins works into Czech. Vojtch Kolman is Associate Professor of Logic at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. His research focuses mainly on themes from the philosophy of mathematics, the history of logic, pragmatism, and the philosophy of the arts. He is author of the book Zahlen and numerous articles in international journals (Synthese, Erkenntnis, Hegel-Bulletin, Allgemeine Zeitschrift fr Philosophie and others). Ladislav Kore is the Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Hradec Krlov and a researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences. His areas of interest include epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of social sciences. His publications include research articles in international journals (Synthese, Journal of Social Ontology).

Introduction: Inferentialisms Years of Travel and Its Logico-Philosophical Calling Ladislav Kore and Vojtch Kolman Part I: Language and Meaning 1. Grounding Assertion and Acceptance in Mental Imagery Christopher Gauker 2. Semantics: Why Rules Ought to Matter Hans-Johann Glock 3. Quine Peregrinating: Norms, Dispositions, and Analyticity Gary Kemp 4. Lets Admit Defeat: Assertion, Denial, and Retraction Bernhard Weiss Part II: Logic and Semantics 5. Inferentialism, Structure, and Conservativeness Ole Hjortland and Shawn Standefer 6. From Logical Expressivism to Expressivist Logics: Sketch of a Program and Some Implementations Robert Brandom 7. Inferentialist-Expressivism for Explanatory Vocabulary Jared Millson, Kareem Khalifa, and Mark Risjord 8. Logical Expressivism and Logical Relations Lionel Shapiro 9. Propositional Contents and the Logical Space Ladislav Kore 10. Assertion, Inference, and the Conditional Peter Milne Part III: Rules, Agency, and Explanation 11. Natural Cultural Inferentialism Joseph Rouse 12. Inferentialism: Where Do We Go from Here? Jaroslav Peregrin 13. The Nature and Diversity of Rules Vladimr Svoboda 14. Governed by Rules, or Subjects to Rules? Ondej Beran Part IV: History and Present 15. Inferentialism after Kant Danielle Macbeth 16. Inferentialism, Naturalism, and the Ought-To-Bes of Perceptual Cognition James OShea 17. Inferentialism and Its Mathematical Precursor Vojtch Kolman 18. Inferentialism and the Reception of Testimony Leila Haaparanta