Reason and Language
In C. Macdonald & G. Macdonald (eds.), McDowell and His Critics (2006)
| Abstract | John McDowell has often emphasized the fact that the use of langauge is a rational enterprise. In this paper, I explore the sense in which this is so, arguing that our use of language depends upon our consciously knowing what our words meana. I call this a 'cognitive conception of semantic competence'. The paper also contains a close analysis of the phenomenon of implicature and some suggestions about how it should and should not be understood. | |||||||||
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