On Language, Meaning, and Validity: Philosophy of Education and the Universal Pragmatics of Habermas

A theory of language may prove conducive to many important and complex issues in philosophy of education. After grouping these issues into four main categories, I explore the possibility and need to back up the categories with a comprehensive theory of language or a cluster of theories of compatible assumptions. I argue that Habermas's universal pragmatics can be presented as one such theory and explain why by reference to its conceptions of meaning and validity, while associating them with specific educational concerns and dilemmas. I suggest that, by breaking with representationalism and expressivism, universal pragmatics can help educational theory keep distances from positivism, performativity, and relativism.     

另一种先验哲学——卡尔—奥托·阿佩尔哲学述要

当代德国哲学家卡尔—奥托·阿佩尔力图在 2 0世纪语言哲学的背景下改造康德的先验哲学,建构沟通解释学和分析哲学的另一种先验哲学———先验符号学。先验符号学的内核在于语言的先验性,语言交流共同体为这种先验性提供了保障。因此,阿佩尔的先验哲学在语言分析哲学的基础上,通过对康德哲学的符号化,为沟通解释和说明路径提供了辩证的中介     

卡尔-奥托·阿佩尔科学观研究

卡尔-奥托·阿佩尔的科学观倡导自然科学与人文社会科学的互补共荣,理解方法与说明方法的相辅相成,力促科学文化与人文文化的相互融合。这种科学观对于我们当前建设社会主义和谐社会有着重要借鉴意义。