Ideas from 'Articulating Reasons: Intro to Inferentialism' by Robert B. Brandom [2000], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Articulating Reasons: Intro to Inferentialism' by Brandom,Robert B. [Harvard 2001,0-674-00692-5]].

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements
                        Full Idea: Brandom develops a particular conception of 'use', according to which a sentence's use is the set of commitments and entitlements associated with public utterance of that sentence.
                        From: report of Robert B. Brandom (Articulating Reasons: Intro to Inferentialism [2000]) by William Lycan - Philosophy of Language Ch.6
                        A reaction: It immediately strikes me that a sentence could only have commitments and entitlements if it already had a meaning. However, the case of money shows how there might be nothing more to a thing's significance than its entitlements.