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| Western rationalism: Western rationalism refers to a philosophical approach that values reason, logic and empirical evidence as the primary sources of knowledge and understanding. See also rationality, understanding, reason, empiricism, logic._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Max Weber on Western Rationalism - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 262 Western Rationalism/Weber/Habermas: Weber regards the differentiation of cultural value spheres as the key to explaining occidental rationalism. He in turn understands this as the result of an internal history, namely the rationalization of worldviews. This is only to be understood against the background of the Neo-Kantian value philosophy. We must explain the sociological concept of the order of life with the help of the philosophical concept of value realization. For the sociologist, the spheres of being and of should penetrate each other peculiarly, since actors orient themselves in their actions towards values. Cf. >Naturalistic fallacy, >Rationalization, >Worldviews. Habermas III 263 Neo-Kantianism: Thesis: Processes of value realization can be viewed simultaneously from outside and inside, understood as empirical processes and as objectivation of knowledge, and thus aspects of reality and validity can be connected. >Validity, >Validity claims, >Neo-Kantianism, >External/Internal, >Reality_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Weber I M. Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - engl. trnsl. 1930 German Edition: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus München 2013 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |
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