Language, truth and democracy : essays in honour of Jesús Padilla Gálvez / edited by Margit Gaffal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaffal, Margit, editor.

Series:

Aporia (Berlin, Germany) ; Volume 12.

Aporia ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The aim of this volume is to investigate three fundamental issues of the new millennium: language, truth and democracy. The authors approach the themes from different philosophical perspectives. One group of authors examines the use of language and the meaning of concepts from an analytic point of view, the ontology of scientific terms and explores the nature of knowledge in general. Another group examines truth and types of relation. A third group of authors focuses on the current factors influencing our concept of democracy and its legal foundations and makes reference to moral aspects and the question of political responsibility. The chapters provide the reader with an overview of current philosophical problems and the answers to these questions will be decisive for future development.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Language, Truth and Democracy: An Introduction

Of Fatalism and Freedom

An Essay on Truth and Democracy

Voids, Aliens, and the Usual Suspects

Openness and Unboundedness

Semantic Normativity and Moral Obligation

On the Multifarious Aspects of the Word “Aspect”

Wittgenstein in Contemporary Philosophy: A Differentiated Evaluation

A Wittgensteinian Critique of Kantian Transcendental Deduction and the Question of a Transcendental Motivation in Wittgenstein’s Philosophy

What Can One Hope for? What Can One Expect?

Intuition, Counter-Intuition & the Absence of Ontology for Dark Energy

Reale und Logische Relationen

Sinn und Geschichte: An den Grenzen der Machbarkeit

Agon von Wahrheit und Lüge in der Demokratie

Neubewertung der kommunikativen Handlungstheorie

Die Gewalt des Bösen

Die Trennung von Politik und Moral

Philosophie als Erinnerung

Et Ego Memini

List of Publications

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-069736-X

OCLC:

1191863753