Inferring by Attaching Force

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97 (4):701-714 (2019)
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Abstract

The paper offers an account of inference. The account underwrites the idea that inference requires that the reasoner takes her premises to support her conclusion. I reject views according to which such ‘takings’ are intuitions or beliefs. I sketch an alternative view on which inferring consists in attaching what I call ‘inferential force’ to a structured collection of contents.

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Ulf Hlobil
Concordia University

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