Some philosophers find the following thesis attractive: for every logical constant C there is a set of logical rules of inference R such that a subject knows the meaning of C if and only if she accepts the rules in R. I point out some obvious but, apparently, easily forgotten difficulties concerning this thesis.

Logical concepts and logical inferences / Paolo Casalegno. - In: DIALECTICA. - ISSN 0012-2017. - 58:3(2004), pp. 395-411.

Logical concepts and logical inferences

Paolo Casalegno
2004

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Some philosophers find the following thesis attractive: for every logical constant C there is a set of logical rules of inference R such that a subject knows the meaning of C if and only if she accepts the rules in R. I point out some obvious but, apparently, easily forgotten difficulties concerning this thesis.
Settore M-FIL/05 - Filosofia e Teoria dei Linguaggi
2004
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