Inferentialism, culture and public deliberation. (January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marchettoni, Leonardo
• Is Part Of: Philosophy & social criticism. Volume 40:Number 1(2014)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2014-01
• Subjects: Robert Brandom -- deliberative democracy -- Jürgen Habermas -- inferentialism -- multiculturalism; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; 300.1
• DOI: 10.1177/0191453713513789
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-4537

Abstract

My aim in this article is to compare traditional multiculturalist political theory with a new paradigm in which the usual strategies for dealing with cultural diversities are replaced by the tools provided by inferential semantics as developed by Robert Brandom. The upshot is the transition from a landscape which is highly demanding with respect to the common assumptions among different views of the world to a dialogical context in which contrasting beliefs can come to light more freely.