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| Fiction: a counterfactual assumption or history. In philosophy, it is the question how a truth value can be attributed to fictional statements. See also idealization, as if, truth, facts, counterfactuals, theories, theoretical entities, existence, ontology._____________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 Fictions - Dictionary of Arguments
IV 224 Fiction/Verstehen/lifeworld/Habermas: when we conceive of society as a lifeworld, we assume a) the autonomy of the actors, b) the independence of culture, c) the transparency of communication. These three fictions are built into the grammar of narratives and return in a culturally biased Verstehen. (HabermasVsUnderstanding). IV 225 Force/informality/freedom/communication/understanding/Habermas: from the internal perspective of members of a socio-cultural environment, there cannot be a pseudo-consensus in the sense of beliefs that have been violently forced on someone; no violence can be established in a fundamentally transparent communication process that is transparent for the participants themselves. >Coercion, >Violence, >Governance. HabermasVs: we see through this fiction(s) as soon as we dissolve the identification of society and lifeworld. >Lifeworld/Habermas, Understanding/Habermas. They are only mandatory as long as we assume that the integration of society takes place solely under the premises of communication-oriented action. In fact, however, their target-oriented actions are not only coordinated by processes of understanding IV 226 but via functional connections, which are not intended by them and which are usually not perceived within the horizon of everyday practice. >Agreement, >Actions/Habermas, >Action Systems/Habermas, >Action theory/Habermas, >Communicative action/Habermas, >Communication theory/Habermas, >Communication/Habermas, >Communicative practice/Habermas, >Communicative rationality/Habermas._____________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 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18