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The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic Philosophy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 1999Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (399 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262277860
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic PhilosophyDDC classification:
  • 121/.68
LOC classification:
  • B3187 -- .L3413 1999eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic Philosophy -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- I The Linguistic Turn in the German Tradition of the Philosophy of Language -- Hamann s Critique of Kant: The Role of Language as Constitutive of Our Relation with the World -- The Constitutive Dimension of Language According to Humboldt -- The View of Language of Philosophical Hermeneutics -- II The Conception of Language in Habermas s Theory of Communicative Action -- Language as Medium of Understanding: The Communicative Use of Language -- Language as Medium of Learning: The Cognitive Use of Language -- III Habermas s Theory of Communicative Rationality from an Internal Realist Point of View -- Rational Acceptability and Truth -- Rational Acceptability and Moral Rightness -- Bibliography -- Name Index.
Summary: Cristina Lafont draws upon Hilary Putnam's work in particular to criticize the linguistic idealism and relativism of the German tradition, which she traces back to the assumption that meaning determines reference.
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The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic Philosophy -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- I The Linguistic Turn in the German Tradition of the Philosophy of Language -- Hamann s Critique of Kant: The Role of Language as Constitutive of Our Relation with the World -- The Constitutive Dimension of Language According to Humboldt -- The View of Language of Philosophical Hermeneutics -- II The Conception of Language in Habermas s Theory of Communicative Action -- Language as Medium of Understanding: The Communicative Use of Language -- Language as Medium of Learning: The Cognitive Use of Language -- III Habermas s Theory of Communicative Rationality from an Internal Realist Point of View -- Rational Acceptability and Truth -- Rational Acceptability and Moral Rightness -- Bibliography -- Name Index.

Cristina Lafont draws upon Hilary Putnam's work in particular to criticize the linguistic idealism and relativism of the German tradition, which she traces back to the assumption that meaning determines reference.

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