Inferentialist

Common synonyms include: inference based, inference theorist, inference user, inferential, logic thinker, meaning by inference proponent.

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Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning
"This, I suggest, is why two-dimensionalism requires an inferentialist account of recognition."

"This, I suggest, is why two-dimensionalism requires an inferentialist account of recognition."

From inferential + -ist. Coined by the philosopher Robert Brandom to describe his own theory, and since applied more widely.