Brandom and Pragmatism: remarks on a still open question

Abstract

In what follows I shall not discuss the many details of Brandom’s recounting of pragmatism (an effort already undertaken by other commentators) as focus on the metaphilosophical stakes and outcomes of his narrative. In order to do that, in the next section I will present Brandom’s recounting of the pragmatist progress from Kant to the present time, and in the following one I will briefly articulate my concerns about this story with reference to Brandom’s exchange with two kindred contemporary versions of anti-representationalis