On the Pragmatics of Communication

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-262-58187-5
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, 462 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought

edited by Maeve Cooke Jürgen Habermas's program in formal pragmatics
fulfills two main functions. First, it serves as the theoretical underpinning for
his theory of communicative action, a crucial element in his theory of society.
Second, it contributes to ongoing philosophical discussion of problems concerning
meaning, truth, rationality, and action. By the "pragmatic" dimensions of language,
Habermas means those pertaining specifically to the employment of sentences in
utterances. He makes clear that "formal" is to be understood in a tolerant sense to
refer to the rational reconstruction of general intuitions or competences. Formal
pragmatics, then, aims at a systematic reconstruction of the intuitive linguistic
knowledge of competent subjects as it is used in everyday communicative practices.
His program may thus be distinguished from empirical pragmatics--for example,
sociolinguistics--which looks primarily at particular situations of use.This
anthology brings together for the first time, in revised or new translation, ten
essays that present the main concerns of Habermas's program in formal pragmatics.
Its aim is to convey a sense of the overall purpose of his linguistic investigations
while introducing the reader to their specific details, in particular to his
theories of meaning, truth, rationality, and action.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Habermas, Jurgen

Habermas, Jürgen

Cooke, Maeve

Über Autor(innen)

Maeve Cooke is Associate Professor of German Social and Political Thought
at University College Dublin. She is the author of Language and Reason: A Study of
Habermas's Pragmatics (MIT Press, 1994) and editor of On the Pragmatics of
Communication (MIT Press, 1998), a collection of essays by Jürgen
Habermas.