What Makes «Communication» Possible?

• Main Author: A N Pavlenko
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2011-06-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of Philosophy
• Subjects: коммуникация; коммуникативная программа; порочный круг; Гуссерль; Витгенштейн; Апель; Хабермас
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/11474

The article presents sufficient space for a thorough analysis of the conceptual issues of the Communicative Programme (the CP) developed by E. Husserl, L. Wittgenstein, K.-O. Apel, and J. Habermas who attached great importance to the fundamental role of communication in epistemological justification. The CP analysis carried out in the article is based on a number of models worked out to provide insight into the following two arguments of the CP proponents: 1) the CP statements are justified through their universal validity; 2) There is no pure individual in the communicative society (CS). It is demonstrated that the former argument leads to a vicious circle, while the latter one - heads to overt absurdity in terms of logic.