Inferential role semantics and the analytic/synthetic distinction
Philosophical Studies 73 (2-3):109-122 (1994)
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This is a critical discussion of Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore's "Holism". The paper questions the existence of a slippery slope from some inferential liaisons are constitutive of meaning' to all inferential liaisons are constitutive of meaning'. "Interalia", it defends the existence of an analytic/synthetic distinctionAuthor's Profile
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10.1007/bf01207660
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