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Reasons: In contrast to (physical) causes, reasons are the result of a conscious or unconscious weighing of alternatives._____________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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Jürgen Habermas on Reasons - Dictionary of Arguments
III 169 Reasons/Habermas: Reasons are of such a substance that they cannot be described in the attitude of a third person, i. e. without either an agreeing, rejecting or abstinent reaction. The interpreter would not have understood what a "reason" is if he did not reconstruct it with his claim to justification (...). The description of reasons requires eo ipso an evaluation even if the person giving the description is unable to judge its validity at the moment. One can only understand reasons to the extent that one can ... III 170 ... understand why they are sound or not. The interpreter cannot interpret reasons without commenting on them. >Interpretation, >Other minds, >Behavior, >Understanding, >Description, >First person, >Attribution, >Foreign attribution, cf. >Attribution/Chisholm._____________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. |
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 |