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| Rule following, philosophy: is an expression for a problem that L. Wittgenstein formulated by excluding that a person could follow a rule that applies only to them as an individual. See also private language, rules, feelings, meaning, beetle example._____________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 Rule Following - Dictionary of Arguments
III 143 Rule Following/communicative action/Habermas: the concept of communicative action owes a great deal to the linguistic philosophical investigations that go back to Wittgenstein, but the concept of rule following falls short. >Communicative action/Habermas, >Communication theory/Habermas, >Communication/Habermas, >Communicative practice/Habermas, >Communicative rationality/Habermas >Rule following/Wittgenstein, >Rule following/Kripke. III 144 Concentrating on this, the aspect of the triple world-reference (to an objective, a social world and a subjective world as the entirety of the privilegedly accessible experiences of the speaker) would be lost. >Objective world, >Subjective world, >Social world. - - - IV 33 Rule Following/Wittgenstein/Habermas: the N.B. of Wittgenstein's argument is that A cannot be sure whether he follows a rule at all, if there is not a situation in which he exposes his behavior to a basically consensual criticism by B. For Wittgenstein, the identity and validity of rules are systematically linked. Following a rule means to follow the same rule in every single case. Habermas: However, this identity of the rule is not based on observable invariances, but on the intersubjectivity of their validity. >Intersubjectivity, >Validity/Habermas, >Rules. Since rules are counterfactual, it is possible to criticize (...) behaviour or to evaluate it as incorrect. Two roles are assumed for the interaction participants then: IV 34 The competence to follow the rules and the competence to assess behaviour (which in turn presupposes rule competence). >Counterfactuals. N.B.: these roles or competences must be interchangeable: each participant in the interaction must be able to exercise them; on the other hand, the identity of the rules would not be secure. >Communicative Action/Habermas. Question: how are rules initially established at all? See Rules/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 2024-04-28