If meaning is constituted by inferential role, the normativity of inference cannot be explained without a prior account of representational content, as Fodor and Lepore argue against Brandom.
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The rules or standards that tell us which conclusions we should or shouldn't draw from given information—the 'ought' behind logical reasoning.
Representational content(as what explains how our beliefs can mean something)
The ability of thoughts, mental images, or beliefs to be 'about' something in the real world—like how the thought 'it's raining' represents an actual weather condition.
Robert Brandom(philosophy of language and semantics)
A modern philosopher who argues that meaning comes from how words and concepts function in our practices and reasoning—what they allow us to do and infer.