Communicative Action and Rational ChoiceMIT Press, 24 janv. 2003 - 376 pages In this book Joseph Heath brings Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action into dialogue with the most sophisticated articulation of the instrumental conception of practical rationality-modern rational choice theory. Heath begins with an overview of Habermas's action theory and his critique of decision and game theory. He then offers an alternative to Habermas's use of speech act theory to explain social order and outlines a multidimensional theory of rational action that includes norm-governed action as a specific type. In the second part of the book Heath discusses the more philosophical dimension of Habermas's conception of practical rationality. He criticizes Habermas's attempt to introduce a universalization principle governing moral discourse, as well as his criteria for distinguishing between moral and ethical problems. Heath offers an alternative account of the level of convergence exhibited by moral argumentation, drawing on game-theoretic models to specify the burden of proof that the theory of communicative action and discourse must assume. |
Table des matières
The Theory of Communicative Action | 13 |
11 Outline of the Theory | 17 |
12 Speech Act Theory | 26 |
13 The Genesis of Communicative Action | 35 |
14 The Structure of the Argument | 45 |
Language and Strategic Action | 49 |
21 The Instrumental Conception of Rationality | 52 |
22 Game Theory | 59 |
53 The Discourse Theory of Rightness | 189 |
54 The Dialogical Theory of Justification | 195 |
55 The Discourse Principle | 211 |
Universalization | 219 |
61 Why Convergence? | 220 |
62 The Universalization Principle | 227 |
63 Moral and Ethical Questions | 236 |
64 Bargaining and Consensus | 242 |
23 Signaling Games | 65 |
24 Cooperative Alternatives | 73 |
25 The Nature of Communication | 78 |
Communication and Justification | 83 |
31 Commitment and Instrumental Rationality | 86 |
32 Discursive Commitment | 92 |
33 The Three Validity Claims | 107 |
34 The Analogy between Rightness and Truth | 119 |
The Origins of Accountability | 129 |
41 Equilibrium Selection | 130 |
42 Two Solutions | 135 |
43 A Problem | 145 |
44 Social Norms | 150 |
45 Differences from Habermas | 161 |
Discourse Ethics | 173 |
Foundations of Discourse Ethics | 175 |
51 Moral Noncognitivism | 176 |
52 The Discourse Theory of Truth | 180 |
Cognitivism and Convergence | 255 |
71 Convergence and Representation | 258 |
72 A Pragmatist Theory of Convergence | 266 |
73 Convergence and Social Norms | 272 |
74 Constructing Convergence | 277 |
Transcendental Pragmatics | 281 |
81 Transcendental Arguments | 283 |
82 Revising the Rules of Discourse | 289 |
83 Cultural Relativity | 298 |
84 Why Argumentation? | 303 |
85 Summary of Conclusions | 307 |
Abbreviations of Works by Habermas | 313 |
Symbols Used in the Text | 315 |
Notes | 317 |
Bibliography | 349 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
accept adopt agents agreement analysis argue assertion attempt bargaining basic beliefs Cambridge Chapter cognitive Cognitivism commitments communicative action component constraints coordination decision theory deontic desires determine develop disagreement Discourse Ethics Donald Davidson epistemic equilibrium expectations fact game theory Habermas's view idea illocutionary imperatives inference instrumental rationality instrumental reasons interpretation intuition Joseph Heath Jürgen Habermas Kant language language game linguistic logical MCCA moral argumentation motivated Nash Nash equilibrium noncognitivism norm-governed normative reasons orientation outcome Parsons particular performative contradictions Philosophy player possible practical discourse pragmatic preferences principle problem propositional content question reasons for action rightness claim rules of discourse sanctions semantic sentence simply social action social interaction social norms solution solution concept speaker specific speech acts Strategic Action structure suggests Theory of Communicative theory of justification theory of meaning tion transcendental truth predicate truth-conditions understanding University Press utterance validity claims values
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Page ii - Helmut Dubiel, Theory and Politics: Studies in the Development of Critical Theory John Forester, editor, Critical Theory and Public Life Jürgen Habermas, Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy Jürgen Habermas, Justification and Application: Remarks on Discourse Ethics Jürgen Habermas, On the Logic of