Description
Book SynopsisBrandom is one of the most original philosophers of our day, whose book
Making It Explicit covered and extended a vast range of topics in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language—the core of analytic philosophy. This new work provides an approachable introduction to the complex system that
Making It Explicit mapped out.
Trade ReviewDisplaying a sovereign command of the intricate discussion in the analytic philosophy of language, Brandom manages successfully to carry out a program within the philosophy of language that has already been sketched by others, without losing sight of the vision inspiring the enterprise in the important details of his investigation … Using the tools of a complex theory of language, Brandom succeeds in describing convincingly the practices in which the reason and autonomy of subjects capable of speech and action are expressed. -- Jürgen Habermas
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Semantic Inferentialism and Logical Expressivism 2. Action, Norms, and Practical Reasoning 3. Insights and Blindspots of Reliabilism 4. What Are Singular Terms, and Why Are There Any? 5. A Social Route from Reasoning to Representing 6. Objectivity and the Normative Fine Structure of Rationality Notes Index
