The inferentialist reversal of explanatory order sacrifices this formal rigor and compositionality without demonstrating that inferential practice can discharge the same explanatory obligations.

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Discharge (explanatory obligations)(what inferential practice may or may not be able to accomplish): To successfully fulfill or complete a responsibility—in this case, to actually explain things the way a theory claims it can.
Explanatory order(as used in philosophy of explanation): The sequence in which we explain why something exists or happens—which thing is the fundamental reason, and which thing is the consequence that follows from it.
Formal rigor(what is lost in the inferentialist approach): The quality of being logically precise and following strict, well-defined rules without exceptions or ambiguity.
Inferential practice(describing how thinking and logic work): The act of drawing conclusions or making logical connections from one idea to another; basically, the process of reasoning.

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