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Meaning of inferentialism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Inferential role semantics: an approach to the theory of meaning that identifies the meaning of an expression with its (typically inferential) relationship to other expressions.

uncountable

Examples

“This crude inferentialism about recognition, of course, is not often explicitly defended: it is extremely implausible—just on plain phenomenological grounds—that recognition must be a matter of discursive reasoning.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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