Communication Without Shared Meanings
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18460%2F25%3A50021662" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18460/25:50021662 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-024-00604-4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-024-00604-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12136-024-00604-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12136-024-00604-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Communication Without Shared Meanings
Original language description
According to the objection raised by Fodor and Lepore, inferentialism is untenable because it cannot provide a distinction between meaning-constitutive and ‘utterly contingent’ inferences. As they argue, without the distinction, the meanings of expressions cannot be shared and, without the shared meanings, the successfulness of communication cannot be explained. In other words, without the distinction, inferentialism becomes committed to holism. The aim of this paper is to show that if we understand communication in terms of the coordination of actions, then partial sharing of meanings, i.e. sharing of contextually relevant aspects of meanings, is a sufficient requirement for communication to be successful. As I argue, if we accept such a view of communication, then inferentialism can explain the successfulness of communication without relying on the notion of shared meanings and so it can navigate the muddy waters of holism. © Springer Nature B.V. 2024.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX20-05180X" target="_blank" >GX20-05180X: Inferentialism naturalized: norms, meanings and reasons in the natural world</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Acta Analytica
ISSN
0353-5150
e-ISSN
1874-6349
Volume of the periodical
40
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
311-328
UT code for WoS article
001282055000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85200133252