Conceptual Realism and Historicity: Brandom Versus Hegel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004714793)

A persistent challenge in philosophy is constructing an explicit link between mind and external reality. In this regard, this book introduces and examines two opposing philosophies. It scrutinizes Brandom's inferentialist solution, encompassinging his influential work Making It Explicit (1994) and his controversial interpretation of Hegel as a conceptual realist in A Spirit of Trust (2019). Constrastingly, it introduces Hegel's relativist historicism, arguing that a robust epistemological framework does not necessitate an explicit link to mind-independent reality. By confining knowledge to its historical context, it prevents adherence to false beliefs, maintaining openness for truth to emerge one day.

Author: Norman Schultz
ISBN-10: 9004714790
ISBN-13: 9789004714793
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2024
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover