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    Challenges→Classical semantics and inferentialism differ in their explanatory direction: classical semantics explains inference from representation, while inferentialism explains representation from inference.

    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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    Key Terms

    Inferential webs(as used in semantics and epistemology)
    Networks of logical connections between ideas, where the meaning of one idea depends on how it relates to and connects with many other ideas.
    Presupposes(as describing what Plantinga's argument takes for granted)
    Assumes something to be true without proving it—like how an argument might presuppose that logic works, without first arguing that logic is valid.
    Truth conditions(used to describe how we determine whether a thought accurately represents reality)
    The specific circumstances or facts that would make a statement true or false—what has to be the case for a thought to be correct.
    Two Dogmas (of Empiricism)(as a historical reference in epistemology)
    A famous 1951 essay by philosopher W.V.O. Quine that challenged two core beliefs of traditional empiricism: that statements can be clearly divided into analytic (true by definition) and synthetic (true based on experience), and that observation alone can confirm scientific claims.

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    classical semantics(Contrasted with inferentialism)
    A semantic theory according to which subsentential expressions have representational relations to semantic contents that can be explained independently of sentence-level truth conditions, and from which truth conditions are then derived.
    grounding(Drawn from contemporary metaphysics; proposed as potentially applicable to understanding the foundations of legality.)
    A metaphysical relation in which some entities or facts are more foundational than others, providing a hierarchical structure of the world.
    holistically(describing how life quality might be evaluated)
    Looking at something as a complete whole rather than breaking it into separate parts; considering how all the pieces fit together.

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