Robert Brandom - Brossura

Wanderer, Jeremy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 184465088X ISBN 13: 9781844650880

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2006

Riassunto

"Robert Brandom" is one of the most significant philosophers writing today, yet paradoxically philosophers have found it difficult to get to grips with the details and implications of his work. This book aims to facilitate critical engagement with Brandom's ideas by providing an accessible overview of Brandom's project and the context for an initial assessment. Jeremy Wanderer's examination focuses on Brandom's inferentialist conception of rationality, and the core part of this conception that aims to specify the structure that a set of performances within a social practice must have for the participants to count as sapient beings by virtue of their participation in the practice, and for the performances within the practice to have objective semantic content by virtue of their featuring within the practice. Wanderer's exploration of these two goals forms the structure to the book. It Includes: Part I that provides a structural model of linguistic practice and considers various groups of potential participants in terms of their relationships to this practice; and, Part II that examines the meaning of the performances that are caught up in this gameplaying practice. Brandom's approach to semantics is outlined and the challenge such an approach has in allowing for a representational dimension of language and thought is explored. Wanderer offers readers a valuable framework for understanding the Brandomian system and helps situate Brandom's systematic theorizing within contemporary Anglo-American philosophy. This book will be a sought after aid to reading Brandom for advanced students and philosophers engaging with his challenging body of work.

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Recensione:

"A very good guide, at once thoughtfully critical and generally sympathetic. It introduces in a direct and clear way many themes in Brandom, but does so according to its own plan, thereby shedding light on aspects of Brandom's thought that can be hard to discern in the original presentation." --Danielle Macbeth, Haverford College, Pennsylvania

"An excellent book. The author has an assured grasp of a very difficult, structurally complex area of philosophy and he has plenty to contribute to the debate, both by clarifying the issues and also by adding a critical dimension." --Rowland Stout, University College Dublin

L'autore:

Jeremy Wanderer is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 184465088X
• ISBN 13: 9781844650880
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256