Description
Book SynopsisRobert Brandomâs rationalist philosophy of language, expounded in his highly influential Making It Explicit, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate, establishing him as one of the leading philosophers of his generation. In A Spirit of Trust, Brandom presents the fruits of his thirty-year engagement with Hegel. He submits that the Phenomenology of Spirit holds not only many lessons for todayâs philosophy of language, but also a moral lesson much needed in todayâs increasingly polarized societies, in the form of a postmodern ethics of trust.
In this outstanding collection, leading philosophers examine and assess A Spirit of Trust. The twelve specially commissioned chapters explore topics including:
- negation and truth
- empirical and speculative concepts
- experience
- conflict and recognition
- varieties of idealism
- premodern ethical life and modern alienation
- a postmodern
Table of Contents
Introduction Gilles Bouché Part I: Semantics 1. Brandom on Hegel on Negation Robert B. Pippin 2. Truth and Incompatibility Elena Ficara 3. Brandom on the Introduction to the Phenomenology John McDowell 4. The Possibility of a Semantic Interpretation of Hegel’s Conception of Consciousness Paul Redding 5. Where is the Conflict in Brandom’s Theory of Recognition (and Why Should There Be Any)? Georg W. Bertram 6. Intentional Agency and Conceptual Idealism: Brandom on Hegelian Reason Dean Moyar Part II: With an Edifying Intent 7. Semantic Self-Consciousness Terry Pinkard 8. Is Brandom a Positivist? Notes on Alienation, Trust, Confession, and Forgiveness J.M. Bernstein 9. Spirit and Alienation in Brandom’s A Spirit of Trust: Entfremdung, Entäußerung, and the Causal Entropy of Normativity Italo Testa 10. A Pure Philosophy of Language with an Edifying Intent: Brandom’s Reply to Rorty Gilles Bouché 11. Brandom on Postmodern Ethical Life: Moral and Political Problems Franz Knappik 12. Brandom’s Hegel Charles Taylor. Index
