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inferentialist

inferentialist adjective: of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning.

Adjective

inferentialist (comparative more inferentialist, superlative most inferentialist)

  1. Of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning
    • This, I suggest, is why two-dimensionalism requires an inferentialist account of recognition.2008 January 8, Markos Valaris, “Two-dimensionalism and the epistemology of recognition”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI

Noun

inferentialist (plural inferentialists)

  1. A supporter of inferentialism

Antonyms of inferentialist

Forms of inferentialist

Adjective
comparativemore inferentialist
superlativemost inferentialist
Noun
pluralinferentialists

Origin of inferentialist

From inferential + -ist. Coined by the philosopher Robert Brandom to describe his own theory, and since applied more widely.

Questions about inferentialist

What does inferentialist mean?
Inferentialist means of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning.
What part of speech is inferentialist?
Inferentialist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near inferentialist in the dictionary

  1. inferencing
  2. inferent
  3. inferential
  4. inferential statistics
  5. inferentialism
  6. inferentialist
  7. inferentialists
  8. inferentiality
  9. inferentially
  10. inferiae
  11. inferible

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