Reading Brandom

<p>Robert Brandom’s <em>Making It Explicit: Reasoning Representing and Discursive Commitment</em> is one of the most significant talked about and daunting books published in philosophy in recent years. Featuring specially-commissioned chapters by leading international philosophers with replies by Brandom himself <em>Reading Brandom</em> clarifies critically appraises and furthers understanding of Brandom’s important book.</p><p>Divided into four parts - ‘Normative Pragmatics’; ‘The Challenge of Inferentialism’; ‘Inferentialist Semantics’; and ‘Brandom’s Replies’ <em>Reading Brandom</em> covers the following key aspects of Brandom’s work:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>inferentialism vs. representationalism</li> <p> </p> <li>normativity in philosophy of language and mind</li> <p> </p> <li>pragmatics and the centrality of asserting</li> <p> </p> <li>language entries and exits</li> <p> </p> <li>meaning and truth</li> <p> </p> <li>semantic deflationism and logical locutions. </li> </ul><p>Essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of language and mind <em>Reading Brandom</em> is also an excellent companion volume to <em>Reading McDowell: On Mind and World</em> also published by Routledge.</p>