How can conceptual content be social and normative, and, at the same time, be objective? / Andrea Clausen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clausen, Andrea.

Series:

Logos (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 6.

Logoj ; Bd. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conceptualism.

Normativity (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : ontos, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Andrea Clausen intends to reconcile Kripke's point according to which conceptual content has to be considered as being constituted by social, normative practice - by a process of mutual assessments - with the view that the content of empirical assertions has to be conceived as objective. She criticizes approaches that explicate content-constitutive practice in non-normative terms, namely in terms of sanctioning behavior (Haugeland, Pettit, Esfeld). She also rejects a pragmatist reading of Heidegger that proceeds from thoroughly normative but pre-conceptual practice. She develops and defends a particular reading of an approach that conceives normative, conceptually articulated practice - giving and asking for reasons - as primitive (Brandom, McDowell).

Contents:

pt. 1. The problem

pt. 2. Critical discussion of proposed answers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110324129

3110324121

OCLC:

922945689