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Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism

Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism

by Michael Williams (Author), PaulHorwich (Author), SimonBlackburn (Author), HuwPrice (Author), RobertBrandom (Author)

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 218
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 16 May 2013
ISBN 10: 1107009847
ISBN 13: 9781107009844
Book Overview: This volume presents Price's distinctive version of the traditional representationalism/naturalism combination, with commentary by four other major figures.

Media 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
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
Author Bio
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).