{"product_id":"rule-following-and-realism-gary-ebbs-9780674005556","title":"Rule-Following and Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough detailed and trenchant criticism of standard interpretations of some of the key arguments in analytical philosophy over the last sixty years, this book arrives at a new conception of the proper starting point and task of the philosophy of language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo understand central topics in the philosophy of language and mind, Gary Ebbs contends, we must investigate them from our perspective as participants in shared linguistic practices; but our efforts at adopting this participant perspective are limited by our lingering loyalties to metaphysical realism (the view that we can make objective assertions only if we can grasp metaphysically independent truth conditions) and scientific naturalism (the view that it is only within science that reality can be identified and described). In \u003ci\u003eRule-Following and Realism\u003c\/i\u003e, Ebbs works to loosen the hold of these views by exposing their roots and developing a different way of looking at our linguistic practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReexamining and extending influential arguments by Saul Kripke, W. V. Quine, Rudolf Carnap, Hilary Putnam, and Tyler Burge, Ebbs presents systematic redescriptions of our linguistic practices that transform our understanding of such central topics as rule-following, the analytic-synthetic distinction, realism, anti-individualism, the division of linguistic labor, self-knowledge, and skepticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Ebbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674005554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674005556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Gary Ebbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054242197759,"sku":"9780674005556","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba29cf05-f65b-4b46-aff5-d8f09057f3e8.jpg?v=1685028833","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rule-following-and-realism-gary-ebbs-9780674005556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}