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Page-by-page commentary on Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action, vol. 1: Reason and the Rationalization of Society
copyright 1981 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
translated by Thomas McCarthy
published 1984 by Beacon Press (Boston)
Introduction: Approaches to the Problem of Rationality
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"Rationality" -- A Preliminary Specification
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| Critique of Wittgenstein’s rules, as used by Habermas.
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| Argumentation vs. force. Strategic and communicative action. Grounding is interwoven with learning.
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Some Characteristics of the Mythical and the Modern Ways of Understanding the World
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Relations to the World and Aspects of Rationality in Four Sociological Concepts of Action
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