1st Edition
Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons Pragmatics, Semantics, and Conceptual Roles
Introduction: Metavocabularies of Reason
1. A Pragmatic Metavocabulary
2. Logical Expressivism and the Open Structure of Reasons
3. Introducing Logical Vocabulary: Making Reason Relations Logical
4. Truth-Taking and Truth-Making: How They Share a Rational Form
5. Implication-Space Semantics: Content as Implicational Role
6. Conclusion
Epilogue: A Speculative Synthesis
Biography
Ulf Hlobil is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University. His publications include “Limits of Abductivism About Logic” (2020) and G.E.M. Anscombe: Aufsätze (2014, with Katharina Nieswandt).
Robert B. Brandom is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. His books include Making It Explicit (1994), Between Saying and Doing (2008), and A Spirit of Trust (2019). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the British Academy.
"Hlobil and Brandom join forces in this remarkable work of philosophy and logic, uncompromising in depth and in breadth. Their discursive rationalism provides the much-needed perspective of reasoners as they are engaged in critical reflection on their reasoning practices. We are invited to a bird’s eye view of a rich network of logics that accounts for a variety of discursive practices and their relation to the world---and the sights are wonderful. Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons is a true masterpiece."
Gil Sagi, University of Haifa, Israel
“Hlobil and Brandom have written a fascinating book, significantly advancing an important philosophical program and suggesting ways of connecting this program to contemporary work on defeasible reasoning and argumentation.”
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
“This is a rich and ambitious work that presents the most detailed account yet of some of the main ideas Brandom has been working on over the last few decades … It is a must-read for those interested in the latest developments of Brandom's philosophical journey, and a great display of Hlobil's excellent continuation of this journey.”
The Philosophical Quarterly
