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Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism

Hardback

Main Details

Title Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Huw Price
By (author) Simon Blackburn
By (author) Robert Brandom
By (author) Paul Horwich
By (author) Michael Williams
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:218
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenrePhilosophy of language
Philosophy - metaphysics and ontology
Philosophy - logic
ISBN/Barcode 9781107009844
ClassificationsDewey:401
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 16 May 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Pragmatists have traditionally been enemies of representationalism but friends of naturalism, when naturalism is understood to pertain to human subjects, in the sense of Hume and Nietzsche. In this volume Huw Price presents his distinctive version of this traditional combination, as delivered in his Rene Descartes Lectures at Tilburg University in 2008. Price contrasts his view with other contemporary forms of philosophical naturalism, comparing it with other pragmatist and neo-pragmatist views such as those of Robert Brandom and Simon Blackburn. Linking their different 'expressivist' programmes, Price argues for a radical global expressivism that combines key elements from both. With Paul Horwich and Michael Williams, Brandom and Blackburn respond to Price in new essays. Price replies in the closing essay, emphasising links between his views and those of Wilfrid Sellars. The volume will be of great interest to advanced students of philosophy of language and metaphysics.

Author Biography

Huw Price is Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His publications include Facts and the Function of Truth (1988), Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point (1996) and Naturalism without Mirrors (2011). He is co-editor (with Richard Corry) of Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited (2007).

Reviews

'A fascinating set of lectures, commentaries, and replies. I have learned much from the arguments that Huw Price and the commentators advance.' Allan Gibbard, University of Michigan 'Price's book is a refreshing and commendable addition to recent work on representationalism. His arguments are novel and forceful.' Analysis and Metaphysics 'If I could make it required reading for all first-year philosophy graduate students, I would.' Joshua Gert, Mind