Habermas and validity claims

At the heart of Jürgen Habermas's explication of communicative rationality is the contention that all speech acts oriented to understanding raise three different kinds of validity claims simultaneously: claims to truth, truthfulness, and normative rightness. This paper argues that Habermas pres...

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Published in:International journal of philosophical studies : IJPS 2005-06, Vol.13 (2), p.227-244
Main Author: Niemi, Jari I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
agreement
Collective agreements
Habermas
Habermas, Jürgen
Historical studies (History of philosophy. History of ideas)
Intellectual work
normativity
Philosophers
Philosophical thought
Philosophy
Rationality
Truth
understanding
validity
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Summary:At the heart of Jürgen Habermas's explication of communicative rationality is the contention that all speech acts oriented to understanding raise three different kinds of validity claims simultaneously: claims to truth, truthfulness, and normative rightness. This paper argues that Habermas presents exactly three distinct, logically independent arguments for his simultaneity thesis: an argument from structure; an argument from criticizability/rejectability; and an argument from understanding/reaching understanding. It is further maintained that the simultaneity thesis receives cogent support only from the Argument from understanding/reaching understanding, and only if the notion of 'understanding' is expanded to that of 'agreement'.
ISSN:0967-2559
1466-4542
DOI:10.1080/09672550500080462