1st Edition

The Self and Communicative Theory

By Gregory Heath Copyright 2000
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

380 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  This text contributes to the development of communicative theory by advancing a theory of the self-sufficient to support intersubjectivity and meet the conditions required for communicative rationality and communicative reason. The conclusion supports theories advanced by Habermas, Apel and Wittgenstein, evaluated against the background of later works... Read more
Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction: Transcendental Selves, 2. Communicative Theory, 3. Kant: The Unity of Apperception and the Modern Self, 4. Freedom: Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and the Primacy of Freedom, 5. Transcendental Arguments and the Ideal Communication Community: Karl-Otto Apel, 6. Apel, Mead and Intersubjectivity, 7. Charles Taylor and Expressivist Views of the Self, 8. Kant's Critique of Judgement and Communicability, 9. Kant and Later Wittgenstein, 10. Conclusion: An Interpersonal Theory, Index

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Heath, Gregory