ISBN:
9789401004763
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (IX, 224 p)
,
online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Argumentation Library 7
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
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Genetic epistemology
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Philosophy
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Modern philosophy.
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Epistemology.
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Philosophy, modern
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Logic
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Religion—Philosophy.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Philosophy—History.
Abstract:
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
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-010-0476-3
URL:
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