Inference and compulsion

In E. Moriconi & Laura Tesconi (eds.), Second Pisa Colloquium in Logic, Language and Epistemology. ETS. pp. 162-180 (2014)
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What is an inference? Logicians and philosophers have proposed various conceptions of inference. I shall first highlight seven features that contribute to distinguish these conceptions. I shall then compare three conceptions to see which of them best explains the special force that compels us to accept the conclusion of an inference, if we accept its premises.

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