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Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 517 g
Reihe: Argumentation Library
An Essay on Truth and Normativity After Postmodernism
Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 517 g
Reihe: Argumentation Library
ISBN: 978-1-4020-0908-2
Verlag: Springer
Contemporary developments in philosophy have declared truth as such troublesome, and not merely gaining access to it. In a systematic survey this study investigates what is at stake when truth is given up. A historical overview shows how the current problem of truth came about, and suggests ways to overcome rather than to repair the problem.
A key issue resulting from the loss of truth is the lack of normativity. Truth provided an alternative understanding of normativity. Elaborating on the `dialectical shift' in logic, a dialogico-rhetorical understanding of normativity is presented. Rather than requiring truth, agreement, or rationality, dialogico-rhetorical normativity is the result of a balance of particular standards. This type of normativity is shaped within discussions - by advancing and accepting arguments - and is not located in sets of predetermined rules. The result is a `small' but strong form of normativity.
If this understanding of normativity is viable, one of the central problems of contemporary philosophy, the problem of incommensurability, can be seen in a different light. As a result, truth reappears again. Surviving the postmodern criticisms, it is a matter of accountability rather than of description.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Truth; what is the problem?.- 2. A short history of truth and related matters.- 3. From dialogue to rhetoric.- 4. What is wrong with fallacies?.- 5. Holistic incommensurability.- Conclusion.- Endnotes.- References.
