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The possibility of discussion : relativism, truth, and criticism of religious beliefs

By Ludwig , Wittgenstein , Ludwig; Strandberg , Hugo; Wittgenstein

Book information

Publisher
Ashgate Publishing
Year
2006
ISBN
0-7546-5543-1, 9780754655435, 9780754682677, 0754682676
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2012388 bytes)
Series
Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy
Edition
New edition
Pages
199\208
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

Answering the question 'How is fruitful discussion possible?', this book addresses the central philosophical issue of how reason shall be understood and how it is limited. This study argues that the understanding of discussion according to which it necessarily starts from putative universal norms and rules for argumentation is problematic, among other reasons since such rules are unfruitful in contexts where there are vast disagreements such as religion. Inspired by Wittgensteinian ideas, Strandberg develops instead a new way of understanding discussion, truth and rationality which escapes these problems, and shows how this solution can be used to answer the accusation against Wittgensteinian philosophy for being conservative and resulting in fideism

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