What is it about?
According to a common sense view something is objective when it is independent from any mind. However, the American philosopher Robert Brandom has developed in the past 25 years a ‘weak’ conception of objectivity which connects the property of being objctive to the social structure of linguistic interactions. In this work I try to explain Brandom’s idea and defend them against some objections.
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Why is it important?
I think that my reconstruction is important because clarifies some notions commonly used in the scholarly debate about Brandom’s views.
Perspectives
In the final section of my paper I try to consider some implications that the adoption of a weak conception of objectivity may have in relation to the perspective of social criticism. More generally, I think that Brandom’s ideas have a wide relevance for political and social philosophy becaue they force ourselves to reflect on the extent to which the normative assumptions we make depend on our contribution.
Leonardo Marchettoni
Universita degli Studi di Parma
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This page is a summary of: Brandom on Norms and Objectivity, Critical Horizons, June 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14409917.2018.1485248.
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