This paper argues for a broader conception of what logic is all about than prevails among logicians. In particular, it claims that ordinary usage of the words 'logic',
'inference', 'information', and 'meaning' defines a natural subject matter that is broader than logic as presently studied. More specifically, I argue that logic should seek to understand meaning and inference within a general theory of information, one that takes us outside the realm of sentences and relations between sentences of any language, natural or formal. I also want to suggest that the theory of situations and situation types
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developed with John Perry provides a tool with which one can begin to study some of the neglected aspects of logic.