“Science can only be comprehended epistemologically, which means as one category of possible knowledge, as long as knowledge is not equated either effusively with the absolute knowledge of a great philosophy or blindly with scientistic self-understanding of the actual business of research.” MeanLongSelfPhilosophyUnderstandingResearchAbsolutesCategoriesSelf UnderstandingGreat Philosophy Author:Jurgen Habermas
“As medium for reaching understanding, speech acts serve: a) to establish and renew interpersonal relations, whereby the speaker takes up a relation to something in the world of legitimate social orders; b) to represent states and events, whereby the speaker takes up a relation to something in the world of existing states of affairs; c) to manifest experiences that is, to represent oneself- whereby the speaker takes up a relation to something in the subjective world to which he has privileged access.” WorldStatesOrderSocialUnderstandingEventsSpeechRelationAffairOneselfAccessMediumsReachingManifestSpeakersPrivilegedSubjectiveSocial OrderInterpersonal Author:Jurgen Habermas
“The task of universal pragmatics is to identify and reconstruct universal conditions of possible mutual understanding.” UnderstandingConditionsTasksUniversalMutualMutual Understanding 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
