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According to epistemic two-dimensionalism, or simply two dimensionalism, linguistic expressions are associated with two intensions, one of which represents an expression's a priori implications. The author investigates the prospects of conceptual analysis on the basis of a two dimensionalist theory of meaning. He discusses a number of arguments for and against two-dimensional semantics and argues that properly construed, two-dimensionalism provides a potent and plausible account of meaning. Against the background of this account, the author then goes on to assess the value of conceptual analysis in philosophical practice, outlining ist goals, ist promises, but also ist limitations.

Epistemics. --- Philosophy. --- Semantics. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Logical --- Analysis, Philosophical --- Analytic philosophy --- Analytical philosophy --- Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) --- Logical analysis --- Philosophical analysis --- Philosophy, Analytical --- Intension (Philosophy) --- Logical semantics --- Semantics (Logic) --- Semeiotics --- Significs --- Syntactics --- Unified science --- Language and languages --- Methodology --- Logical positivism --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Semiotics --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Definition (Philosophy)

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Inferentialism as a theory of meaning builds on the idea that what a linguistic expression means depends exclusively on the inferential rules that govern its use. Following different strategies and exploring various case studies, the authors of this collection of essays discuss under what circumstances and to what extent the central tenets of inferentialism are tenable. The essays in this volume present the results of a three-year research project "Representation and Inference" which was con...

Inference. --- Meaning (Philosophy) --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Intension (Philosophy) --- Logical semantics --- Semantics (Logic) --- Semeiotics --- Significs --- Syntactics --- Unified science --- Language and languages --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Logical positivism --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Semiotics --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Definition (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Ampliative induction --- Induction, Ampliative --- Inference (Logic) --- Reasoning

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Jonathan Berg argues for the Theory of Direct Belief, which treats having a belief about an individual as an unmediated relation between the believer and the individual the belief is about. After a critical review of alternative positions, Berg uses Grice's theory of conversational implicature to provide a detailed pragmatic account of substitution failure in belief ascriptions and goes on to defend this view against objections, including those based on an unwarranted ""Inner Speech"" Picture of Thought. The work serves as a case study in pragmatic explanation, dealing also with methodological

Pragmatics --- Pragmatics. --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Language and languages --- Belief and doubt. --- Philosophy. --- Conviction --- Doubt --- Consciousness --- Credulity --- Emotions --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Religion --- Will --- Agnosticism --- Rationalism --- Skepticism --- Intension (Philosophy) --- Logical semantics --- Semantics (Logic) --- Semeiotics --- Significs --- Syntactics --- Unified science --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Logical positivism --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Semiotics --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Definition (Philosophy) --- Pragmalinguistics --- General semantics --- Gricean Maxims. --- Philosophy of Language. --- Semantics and Pragmatics.

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Sebastian Knell examines the theory of language and intentionality developed by Robert B. Brandom in his widely-discussed monograph Making it explicit . His study is centred on a critical examination of Brandom's thesis that intentional states (e.g. beliefs) are bound to linguistic ability.The monograph opens with a presentation of Brandom's general theory of conceptual content; the author reconstructs the basic explanatory principles and the multi-layered architecture of this theory, and in addition he discusses certain problems of Brandom's pragmatic explanatory strategy. This is the first time that such a detailed reconstruction has been published in German, and thus the book is also of use for those readers seeking general orientation about Brandom's theory.The second part discusses various arguments based on Brandom's analyses in favour of intentionality being bound to language. Knell's sceptical conclusion is that these analyses only lead to a foundation within the theory, which carries limited conviction. Sebastian Knell untersucht die Sprach- und Intentionalitätstheorie, die Robert B. Brandom in seiner viel diskutierten Monographie Expressive Vernunft entwirft. Im Zentrum steht eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Brandoms These, dass intentionale Zustände (z. B. Überzeugungen) an Sprachfähigkeit gebunden sind.Zunächst wird Brandoms allgemeine Theorie begrifflichen Inhalts dargestellt. Dabei rekonstruiert der Autor die explanatorischen Grundprinzipien und die mehrstufige Architektonik dieser Theorie, außerdem diskutiert er bestimmte Probleme der pragmatischen Erklärungsstrategie Brandoms. Eine derart detaillierte Rekonstruktion liegt im deutschen Sprachraum bisher nicht vor, daher ist das Buch auch für Leser interessant, die sich allgemein über Brandoms Theorie orientieren möchten. Der zweite Teil diskutiert verschiedene Argumente zugunsten der Sprachgebundenheit von Intentionalität, die auf Brandoms Analysen basieren. Skeptisches Resumee ist, dass diese Analysen nur zu einer theorieinternen Begründung führen, deren Überzeugungskraft begrenzt bleibt.

Intentionality (Philosophy) --- Language and languages --- Representation (Philosophy) --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Brandom, Robert --- Philosophy. --- Intentionality (Philosophy). --- Representation (Philosophy). --- Semantics (Philosophy). --- Brandom, Robert. --- Intension (Philosophy) --- Logical semantics --- Semantics (Logic) --- Semeiotics --- Significs --- Syntactics --- Unified science --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Logical positivism --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Semiotics --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Definition (Philosophy) --- Representationalism (Philosophy) --- Representationism (Philosophy) --- Culture --- Act (Philosophy) --- Mind and body --- Language and languages - Philosophy --- Brandom, Robert - Making it explicit

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Urworte untersucht vom Urknall über die Urkirche bis zum Ureinwohner und der Uraufführung erstmals ein ganzes Spektrum von Ur-Worten, die in verschiedensten Kultur- und Naturwissenschaften Schlüsselfunktionen besitzen. Da Anfänge oft der Erfahrung und Erinnerung vorausliegen, muss, was als ein Anfang gelten soll, durch Verfahren des Bezeichnens und Erzählens erst kulturell hergestellt werden. Im Deutschen semantisiert das Präfix »Ur-« eine Vorstellung von Ursprünglichkeit und Erstmaligkeit und scheint zugleich das Eigentliche einer Sache zu bezeichnen. Gerade weil sein Gegen- stand empirischer Beobachtung entzogen ist, evoziert ein »Urwort« eine Aura des Elementaren, die auch politisch dienstbar gemacht werden kann. Worin liegt diese Faszination? Wozu wurden Urworte geprägt und welche Bedeutung haben sie heute?

Semantics (Philosophy) --- Word (Linguistics) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Language and languages --- Etymology --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Word history --- Historical lexicology --- Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Logical --- Analysis, Philosophical --- Analytic philosophy --- Analytical philosophy --- Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) --- Logical analysis --- Philosophical analysis --- Philosophy, Analytical --- Methodology --- Philosophy --- Logical positivism --- Linguistics --- Intension (Philosophy) --- Logical semantics --- Semantics (Logic) --- Semeiotics --- Significs --- Syntactics --- Unified science --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Semiotics --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Definition (Philosophy) --- Etymology. --- Derivation