Performative contradiction
Bryce Weber
BryceWeber at sgu.ru
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 11:57:05 +0300
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As I recall, Habermas borrows the term "performative contradiction" from =
Apel. To my mind this transforms what ought to be a fundamentally =
dialectical notion into too much of an analytic, neo-Kantian one, but it =
still works effectively at the level at which he employs it.
Bryce Weber
CEP Visiting Fellow
Volga Region Academy of Civil Service
Saratov, Russia
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