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    It is not the case that Classical semantics and inferentialism differ in their explanatory direction: classical semantics explains inference from representation, while inferentialism explains representation from inference.

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    • 1.Frege's logical semantics grounds inference validity in truth-preservation, yet his notion of 'sense' (Sinn) is itself constituted by inferential role, collapsing the dichotomy.
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    • 2.If representational content is partly individuated by inferential relations even within classical frameworks, the explanatory directions are not mutually exclusive but interdependent.
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    • 1.Quine's holism demonstrates that no sentence faces the tribunal of experience alone, meaning truth conditions cannot be assigned atomistically prior to inferential connections.
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    • 2.If truth conditions are only determinable holistically through inferential webs (as in 'Two Dogmas'), classical semantics presupposes inferential structure rather than grounding it.
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    • 1.The classical semanticist begins with language-world representational relations and uses these to explain the truth conditions of sentences.
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    • 2.Truth conditions are then used to explain the difference between good and bad inferences.
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    • 3.The inferentialist begins with the distinction between good and bad inferences and uses this to explain representational relations.
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