The Rei(g)n of ‘Rule’ (APORIA, Band 2) - Hardcover

Riesenfeld, Dana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 386838085X ISBN 13: 9783868380859

Verlag: Editiones Scholasticae, 2010

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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 to perform various, at times conflicting, tasks. Analyzing key debates and rule related discussions in the philosophy of language I show that typically rules are perceived and defined either as norms or as conventions. As norms, rules perform the evaluative task of distinguishing between correct and incorrect actions. As conventions, rules describe how certain actions are actually undertaken. As normative and conventional requirements do not necessarily coincide, the concept of rule cannot simultaneously accommodate both. The impossibility to consistently define ‘rule’ has gone unnoticed by philosophers, and it is in this sense that ‘rule’ has also blocked philosophical attempts to explain language in terms of rules.

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Dana Riesenfeld, PhD (Tel Aviv University), teaches philosophy of language and logic at the philosophy department in Tel Aviv University. Besides her interest in rules, norms and conventions, she writes about Davidson, Quine and Kripke.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Editiones Scholasticae
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 386838085X
• ISBN 13: 9783868380859
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 132
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