Brandom, Robert B.
Pragmatism and Idealism
- ISBN 13:
- 9780192870216
- author:
- Brandom, Robert B.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 130mm X 10mm
- Genre:
- Philosophie, Renaissance und Aufklärung, Westliche Philosophie: nach 1800,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Robert B. Brandom's Pragmatism and Idealism explores the relationship between representation, reality, and discursive practices. Drawing on Richard Rorty and Hegel, Brandom offers a pragmatist approach to understanding how we cope with life's challenges. In this book, Brandom examines the traditional model of reality as authoritative over our cognitive representations of it in language and thought. He argues that pragmatism moves beyond this model to a new conception of how discursive practices help us navigate the world. Hegel's idealism is seen as offering a concrete pragmatist alternative to Rorty's anti-representational views. Brandom's work provides a nuanced understanding of the social and historical dimensions of discursive normativity, highlighting the importance of reciprocal recognition and recollective rationality in shaping our understanding of reality.
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