Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200) and index
Cavell on skepticism / Richard Rory -- On refusing to begin / Stephen Mulhall -- Cavell's "romanticism" and Cavell's romanticism / Simon Critchley -- Cavell and the concept of America / James Conant -- Rethinking the ordinary : Austin after Cavell / Sandra Laugier -- Cavel and American philosophy / Russell B. Goodman -- Guessing the unseen from the seen : Stanley Cavell and film interpretation / Andrew Klevan -- The avoidance of Stanley Cavell / Garrett Stewart -- Responses / Stanley Cavell -- Passionate and performative utterance : morals of encounter / Stanley Cavell