Limits of Commitments : The Legitimacy of Brandom’s De Re Reading
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2023-0002" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2023-0002</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/disp-2023-0002" target="_blank" >10.2478/disp-2023-0002</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Limits of Commitments : The Legitimacy of Brandom’s De Re Reading
Original language description
In this paper, I examine Brandom’s notion of a de re reading of a tradition and question its legitimacy under certain circumstances. Specifically, I argue that within the language game of giving and asking for reasons, commitments should be ascribed to the utterer within reasonable limits, with the utterer only responsible for intentional or negligent breaches of duty. Even if we were to include an ideal speaker who knows all facts available at the time of her utterance, she cannot be held accountable for ignorance of things that do not yet exist. Therefore, I further argue that the time of the utterance must be taken into consideration when ascribing commitments and keeping score in the game of giving and asking for reasons. This temporal aspect is suppressed by Brandom’s notion of de re reading for pragmatic reasons, as he seeks to tell an inferentialist story of the philosophical tradition. Nevertheless, I argue that legitimacy poses a problem even for this approach because Brandom formulates his account in terms of rules, responsibility and sanctions. I offer a critical perspective on Brandom’s de re reading and the broader implications of his inferentialist framework.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Disputatio
ISSN
0873-626X
e-ISSN
2182-2875
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
68
Country of publishing house
PT - PORTUGAL
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
39-54
UT code for WoS article
001263242800003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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