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60After Herder: Philosophy of Language in the German TraditionOxford University Press. 2010.In the course of developing these historical points, this book also shows that Herder and his tradition are in many ways superior to dominant trends in more ...
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9Hat jede wahre Philosophie eine skeptische Seite?In Markus Gabriel (ed.), Skeptizismus Und Metaphysik, Akademie Verlag. pp. 261-294. 2011.
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52Gods, animals, and artists: Some problem cases in Herder's philosophy of languageInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 46 (1). 2003.Herder already very early in his career, in the 1760s, established two vitally important and epoch-making principles in the philosophy of language: that thought is essentially dependent on and bounded by language; and that meanings or concepts should be identified - not with such items as the referents involved, Platonic forms, or empiricist 'ideas' - but with word-usages. What did Herder do for an encore? His Treatise on the Origin of Language from 1772 might seem the natural place to look for …Read more
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15Chapter Six. Kant’s Reformed MetaphysicsIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 33-39. 2009.
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181. Wittgenstein’s Conception of GrammarIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 7-20. 2004.
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13Chapter Eight. Defenses Against Pyrrhonian SkepticismIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 44-52. 2009.
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132On the very idea of denying the existence of radically different conceptual schemesInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 41 (2). 1998.It has become very popular among philosophers to attempt to discredit, or at least set severe limits to, the thesis that there exist conceptual schemes radically different from ours. This fashion is misconceived. Philosophers have attempted to justify it in two main ways: by means of arguments which are a priorist relative to the relevant linguistic and textual evidence (and either independent of or based upon positive theories of meaning, understanding, and interpretation); and by means of argu…Read more
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9IntroductionIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 1-4. 2004.
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75. Alternative Grammars? The Case of Formal LogicIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 107-128. 2004.
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54Hegel’s Idea of a ‘Phenomenology of Spirit’University of Chicago Press. 1998.In Hegel's Idea of a Phenomenology of Spirit, Michael N. Forster advances an original reading of the work.
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6Chapter Two. “Veil of Perception” SkepticismIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 6-12. 2009.
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7Chapter Nine. Some Relatively Easy ProblemsIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 55-57. 2009.
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34. Some Modest CriticismsIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 82-104. 2004.
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52Menschen und andere Tiere. Über das Verhältnis von Mensch und Tier bei TomaselloDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 55 (5): 761-767. 2007.Der Beitrag handelt von Michael Tomasellos Theorie des Verhältnisses von Mensch und Tier. Tomasellos Theorie wird als ein Beispiel für eine Reihe von Theorien gedeutet, die das betreffende Verhältnis als durch eine Kluft und Überlegenheit gekennzeichnet auffassen. Der Beitrag kritisiert die empirisch-theoretische Begründung dieser Theorie und verdächtigt sie einer bestimmten ideologischen und zwar tierfeindlichen Funktion
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9Appendix. The Philosophical InvestigationsIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 189-192. 2004.
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98Herder’s Philosophy of Language, Interpretation, and Translation: Three Fundamental PrinciplesReview of Metaphysics 56 (2). 2002.A GOOD CASE COULD BE MADE that Herder is the founder not only of the modern philosophy of language but also of the modern philosophy of interpretation and translation and that he has many things to say on these subjects from which we may still learn today. This essay will not attempt to make such a case, but it will be concerned with some aspects of Herder’s position that would be central to it: three fundamental principles in his philosophy of language which also play fundamental roles in his t…Read more
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26Hegel and SkepticismPhilosophical Review 101 (2): 401. 1992.This is a review of Forster's book.
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72German philosophy of language: from Schlegel to Hegel and beyondOxford University Press. 2011.This book not only sets the historical record straight but also champions the Herderian tradition for its philosophical depth and breadth.
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10Chapter Ten. A Metaphysics of Morals?In Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 58-62. 2009.
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42Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of GrammarPrinceton University Press. 2004.What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? The later Wittgenstein already addresses these fundamental philosophical questions under the general rubric of "grammar" and the question of its "arbitrariness"--and does so with great subtlety. This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. Part I interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized version of Kant's transcendental idealist …Read more
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9Chapter Eleven. Failures of Self-ReflectionIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 63-75. 2009.
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106. Alternative Grammars? The Limits of LanguageIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 129-152. 2004.
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7Ein Anfang der Metaphysik: Parmenides über den Widerspruch und das Paradoxon des NichtseinsIn Andreas Speer, Wolfram Hogrebe & Markus Gabriel (eds.), Das Neue Bedürfnis Nach Metaphysik / the New Desire for Metaphysics, De Gruyter. pp. 3-28. 2015.
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