Reading Brandom : On Making It Explicit (Hardcover)

Introduction Part 1: Normative Pragmatics 1. Thought, Norms, and Discursive Practice Allan Gibbard 2. Language not Mysterious? Charles Taylor 3. The Evolution of Why Daniel Dennett 4. Normativity of Mind Versus Philosophy as Explanation Sebastian Rodl 5. Pragmatism and Inferentialism John MacFarlane 6. Brandom’s Challenges Jeremy Wanderer 7. Perception, Language, and the First Person Mark Lance &Rebecca Kukla 8. Brandom on Observation John McDowell 9. Being Subject to the Rule to do What the Rules Tell You to do Roland Stout Part 2: The Challenge of Inferentialism 10. Inferentialism and its Critics Robert Brandom 11. Brandom Beleaguered Jerry Fodor & Ernest LePore Part 3: Inferentialist Semantics 12. Inference, Meaning, and Truth in Brandom, Sellars, and Frege Danielle Macbeth 13. Should semantics be deflated? Michael Dummett 14. Representation or Inference: Must we choose? Should we? Michael Kremer 15. What is Logic? Bernhard Weiss 16. Truth and Expressive Completeness Kevin Scharp 17. Assertibilist Truth and Objective Content: Still Inexplicit Crispin Wright &Bob Hale Part 4: Responses Replies Robert Brandom. Notes. Bibliography. Index