A plea for multilateralism
Abstract
, Ulf Hlobil and Robert Brandom defend a normative-pragmatic interpretation of implication and incompatibility cashed out in bilateral terms. Using epistemic modal cases, I argue that Hlobil and Brandom's normative-pragmatic interpretation of implication fails to account for the force of consequence and to provide an extensionally adequate characterization of implication. I also show that the same cases cause trouble for Hlobil and Brandom's condition relating negation to incompatibility. I argue, however, that these problems can be avoided by switching from a bilateral to a multilateral setting.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Free Will and Agency
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Philosophical Studies
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Volume
- 183
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1997–2009
- Publication date
- 20 February 2026
- Language
- EN