Between saying and doing : towards an analytic pragmatism /
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| Author / Creator: | Brandom, Robert. author |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description: | xxi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7200423 |
| Summary: | Between Saying and Doing aims to reconcile pragmatism (in both its classical American and its Wittgensteinian forms) with analytic philosophy. It investigates the relations between the meaning of linguistic expressions and their use. Giving due weight both to what one has to do in order to count as saying various things and to what one needs to say in order to specify those doings, makes it possible to shed new light on the relations between semantics (the theory of the meanings of utterances and the contents of thoughts) and pragmatics (the theory of the functional relations among meaningful or contentful items). Among the vocabularies whose interrelated use and meaning are considered are: logical, indexical, modal, normative, and intentional vocabulary. As the argument proceeds, new ways of thinking about the classic analytic core programs of empiricism, naturalism, and functionalism are offered, as well as novel insights about the ideas of artificial intelligence, the nature of logic, and intentional relations between subjects and objects. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-239) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780199542871 0199542872 |
