The meaning of being is the being of meaning: On heidegger’s social pragmatism

Philosophy and Social Criticism 33 (1):99-112 (2007)
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Abstract

Heidegger has been taken by many as a prophet of extremity, a nihilist, an existentialistic individualist, and a destroyer of normativity. This article offers a sympathetic reading of Brandom’s efforts to extricate Heidegger from such readings and to set out a way to read Heidegger’s philosophy of language and action that underscores their fundamental sociality and normativity. Herein it is shown specifically why Brandom must turn to Heidegger’s work as a testing ground for his own proposal of an inferentialist semantics. In tandem, Brandom’s Kantian reading of Heidegger is analysed and assessed. Key Words: Dasein • Martin Heidegger • language • normativity • objectivity • pragmatics • referential • Richard Rorty • semantics • sociality • world-disclosing.

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Eduardo Mendieta
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The Historiography of Philosophy: Four Genres.Richard Rorty - 1984 - In . Cambridge University Press.

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