
Transcendentalism never came to an end in America. It just went underground for a stretch, but is back in full force in Robert Brandom's new book. Brandom takes up Kant and Hegel and explores their contemporary significance as if little time had expired since intellectuals gathered...

An emphasis on our capacity to reason has been growing in philosophy over the last 30 years, and Robert Brandom has been at the centre of this development. This book gives an overview of his understanding of the role of reason as the structure at once of our minds and our meanings,...