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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 obj...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2008] ©2008 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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). |
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1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110324129 |
| Index Number: | B731 |
| CLC: | B087 |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. The objectivity of content -- 2. The normative and social character of content -- 3. A naturalistic answer -- 4. A pragmatist reading of Heidegger a middle position? -- 5. A primitivist answer -- Bibliography -- Backmatter. |