“Subjects who reciprocally recognize each other as such, must consider each other as identical, insofar as they both take up the position of subject; they must at all times subsume themselves and the other under the same category. At the same time, the relation of reciprocity of recognition demands the non-identity of one and the other, both must also maintain their absolute difference, for to be a subject implies the claim of individuation.” DifferencesSubjectsIdentityPositionDemandClaimsRelationAbsolutesAll TimeRecognitionCategoriesIdenticalReciprocityIndividuation Author:Jurgen Habermas
“I shall develop the thesis that anyone acting communicatively must, in performing any speech act, raise universal validity claims and suppose that they can be vindicated.” ActingSpeechUniversalClaimsRaisesPerformingValidityThesisVindicated Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized.” ProcessUnderstandingBasesClaimsReachingAgreementValidity Author:Jurgen Habermas
