The Rei(g)n of 'Rule'

The Rei(g)n of 'Rule'

The Rei(g)n of Rule is a study of rules and their role in language. Rules have dominated the philosophical arena as a fundamental philosophical concept. Little progress, however, has been made in reaching an accepted definition of rules. This fact is not coincidental. The concept of rule is expected...

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Main Author: Riesenfeld, Dana
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2010.
Series:Aporia.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Rules (Philosophy)
Standard language.
rules (instructions)
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Language and languages > Philosophy
Standard language
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Rules, Norms and Conventions; 1. Why norms are not conventions and conventions are not norms; 1.1 The tension of normativity; 1.2 Two concepts of arbitrariness: Saussure and Lewis; 1.3 Can conventions become norms?; 1.4 Rules; 2. Cavell on normative necessity: The philosopher, the baker, and the pantomime of caution; 2.1 "I am less interested now in the "mean" than I am in the "must
  • 2.2 "Here the pantomime of caution concludes"; 2.3 " ... the hopelessness of speaking, in a general way, about the "normativeness" of expressions."
  • II. Rules as conventions vs. rules as norms in the rule-following debates3. What is a rule and what ought it to be; 3.1 The reduction of rules to conventions vs. the reduction of rules to norms; 3.2 Kripke: The reduction of rules to conventions1; 3.3 Baker and Hacker: The reduction of rules to norms; 3.4 Meredith Williams on normative necessity; 3.5 Cora Diamond: Rules and their right place; III. Twisted Language; 4. Davidson on rules, conventions and norms; 4.1. Normativity without conventionality; 4.2 Communication without rules or conventions; 4.3 "The second person" vs. the community view.
  • 4.4 The two kinds of normativity4.5 The unpacking of 'ought'18; 4.6 Normativity without norms; 5. Searle on rules (of rationality, conversation and speech acts); 5.1 The shortcut argument against rule; 5.2 Is language a rule governed form of behavior or is it not?; 5.3 (No) Rules of conversation; 5.4 Background brought to the foreground; Conclusion.

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