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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.v8i2.66
    [datePublished] => 2016-06-21
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Tradition and Conceptual Dynamics According to an Inferentialist Theory of Meaning

Ariel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v8i2.66

Abstract

In this article I develop a conceptual dynamical account from an inferentialist theory of meaning and content; thus illuminating the connection between conceptual dynamics and tradition. The inferentialist theory taken into account here is that of Robert Brandom. While expanding on Brandom’s notion of scorekeeping, I claim that insufficiency, and sometimes even inability, to differentiate and navigate between past heritage and present discourse is of the essence of highly traditional discourses; creating a unique type of conceptual dynamics which is commonplace mainly within religious traditional discourses. This claim is supported by a case study from a Jewish traditional discourse.

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