View from Within: Normativity and the Limits of Self-Criticism

by Menachem Fisch and Yitzhak Benbaji

Book Overview

The View from Within examines the character of reason and the ability of an individual to effectively distance himself from the normative framework in which he functions in order to be self-critical and innovative. To accomplish this task, Menachem Fisch and Yitzhak Benbaji critically employ or reject the recent writings of Brandom, Friedman, Frankfurt, Walzer, Davidson, Williams, Habermas, Rorty, and McDowell to offer a fundamental analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268029040
• ISBN13: 9780268029043
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"