The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic Philosophy

摘要: The linguistic turn in German philosophy was initiated the eighteenth century work of Johann Georg Hamann, Gottfried von Herder, and Wilhelm Humboldt. It further developed this by Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer extended its influence to contemporary philosophers such as Karl-Otto Apel Jrgen Habermas. This tradition focuses on world-disclosing dimension language, emphasizing communicative over cognitive function. Although study is concerned primarily with philosophy, it very much informed parallel Anglo-American especially development theories direct reference. Cristina Lafont draws upon Hilary Putnam's particular criticize idealism relativism tradition, which she traces back assumption that meaning determines Part I a reconstruction from Hamann Gadamer. II offers deepest account date Habermas's approach language. III shows how shortcomings can be avoided developing consistent more defensible version Habermas' theory rationality.