(Implicit) Knowledge, reasons, and semantic understanding. (27th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Waights Hickman, Natalia
• Is Part Of: Mind & language. Volume 36:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 707
• Page End: 728
• Publication Date: 2020-04-27
• Subjects: knowledge norm -- knowledge view of reasons -- rational integration criterion -- rationality of language -- semantic cognitivism -- semantic understanding; Psycholinguistics -- Periodicals; Thought and thinking -- Periodicals; Language and languages -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 153.42
• DOI: 10.1111/mila.12286
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-1064

Abstract

Abstract : This paper exploits recent work on the normative and constitutive roles of knowledge in practical rationality, to put pressure on the idea that speakers could communicate without exploiting linguistic knowledge . I defend cognitivism about meaning, the view that speakers have rationally accessible (i.e., implicit rather than tacit) knowledge of semantic facts and principles, and that this knowledge is constitutive of their linguistic competence.