What is the Normativity of Meaning?

Inferentialism and the Normativity of Meaning

The paper addresses some frequent objections to the claim that meaning is normative, thus defending the inferentialist construal of meaning that does entail this claim. The objections we discuss are (i) that there is no norm that assertions should aim at the truth, (ii) that there are no norms commanding us how to speak and (iii) that a normative account is bound to collapse into a naturalistic...

What is the Real Cause of Glaucoma?

Introduction: The term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that have a characteristic optic neuropathy with associated visual field loss in common. Intraocular pressure has been considered to be the only causal factor for glaucoma and the only factor that can be manipulated to alter the course of the disease. But considering high intraocular pressure as the only factor responsible for glauco...

What is the meaning of ophiolites ?

O are claimed to be pieces of ocean crust and upper mantle that have been thrust up onto continental crust and are now found in mountains, mainly along continental margins.1,2 An ideal ophiolite suite consists from bottom to top of peridotite, gabbro, sheeted dikes, basalt with pillow lavas and sedimentary rocks. The peridotite is considered to be an upper mantle rock, while the remainder of th...

What is the meaning of quantitative CBF?

What is the meaning of Brexit?

I n the UK referendum on 23 June 2016 the British electorate delivered a majority vote in favour of leaving the EU. The margin was small—52 to 48%—but the result was clear. Since then, nothing has been clear. The roiling waters of UK politics have delivered a new Prime Minister, Theresa May, and a new conservative government, but the flow of events remains turbulent. Amid the ongoing confusion ...