Author: Kambartel, Friedrich

Source: Pragmatics & Cognition, Volume 13, Number 1, 2005 , pp. 109-119(11)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Abstract:

In order to compare two forms of radical pragmatism, inferentialism (as developed by Robert Brandom) and constructivism (as developed by Paul Lorenzen), the paper shows how we can represent states of affairs in the world by corresponding symbols in a metaphysically harmless, though seemingly non-inferential way, why not all justifications are inferential transitions, for example those that make heavy use of constructions, and why a prosentential analysis of truth is helpful but not sufficient.

Keywords: Constitutive norm; constructivism; correspondence; inferentialism; institutional order; justification; meaning; propositional content; radical pragmatism; truth

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/pc.13.1.09kam

Affiliations: 1: Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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