Reading Brandom

<p>Robert Brandom’s rationalist philosophy of language expounded in his highly influential <i>Making It Explicit</i> has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate establishing him as one of the leading philosophers of his generation. In <i>A Spirit of Trust</i> Brandom presents the fruits of his thirty-year engagement with Hegel. He submits that the <i>Phenomenology of Spirit</i> holds not only many lessons for today’s philosophy of language but also a moral lesson much needed in today’s increasingly polarized societies in the form of a postmodern ethics of trust.</p><p>In this outstanding collection leading philosophers examine and assess <i>A Spirit of Trust</i>. The twelve specially commissioned chapters explore topics including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>negation and truth</li> <li>empirical and speculative concepts</li> <li>experience</li> <li>conflict and recognition</li> <li>varieties of idealism</li> <li>premodern ethical life and modern alienation</li> <li>a postmodern ethics of trust.</li> </ul><p>Reading Brandom: On A Spirit of Trust is<i> </i>essential reading for all students and scholars of Brandom's work and those in philosophy of language. It will also be important reading for those studying nineteenth-century philosophy particularly Hegel and the <i>Phenomenology of Spirit</i>.</p>