19 ideas
20962 | Habermas seems to make philosophy more democratic [Habermas, by Bowie] |
15670 | The aim of 'post-metaphysical' philosophy is to interpret the sciences [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
15665 | We can do social philosophy by studying coordinated action through language use [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
20573 | Rather than instrumental reason, Habermas emphasises its communicative role [Habermas, by Oksala] |
20961 | What is considered a priori changes as language changes [Habermas, by Bowie] |
3914 | Language arranges sensory experience to form a world-order [Whorf] |
3916 | Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf] |
3917 | Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf] |
15667 | To understand a statement is to know what would make it acceptable [Habermas] |
15668 | Meaning is not fixed by a relation to the external world, but a relation to other speakers [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
15666 | To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas] |
15677 | Moral right is linked to validity and truth, so morality is a matter of knowledge, not an expression of values [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
15672 | Actions norms are only valid if everyone possibly affected is involved in the discourse [Habermas] |
15671 | Move from individual willing of a general law, to willing norms agreed with other people [Habermas] |
15669 | People endorse equality, universality and inclusiveness, just by their communicative practices [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
23416 | Political involvement is needed, to challenge existing practices [Habermas, by Kymlicka] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
3915 | The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |