Abstract
<jats:p>In recent years, John McDowell and Robert Brandom have developed influential interpretations of Hegel's thought. It is often assumed that their work is complementary, which is why they are said to be members of the same philosophical school, the Pittsburgh School. In this book, I ask the question of whether they actually are part of the same school by examining their readings of the Phenomenology of Spirit. On the one hand, their readings of the text significantly diverge. While McDowell reads the Phenomenology in a therapeutic spirit, Brandom reads it as constructing a complex pragmatic-semantic theory. But, on the other hand, they both read the text as providing us with an account of thought and experience that, while avoiding the Myth of the Given, is nonetheless able to vindicate its objectivity. For this reason, I argue that McDowell and Brandom belong to the same philosophical school.</jats:p>