Carnap, Explication, and Social History.

A. W. Carus champions Rudolf Carnap's ideal of explication as a model for liberal political deliberation. Constructing a linguistic framework for discussing social problems, he argues, promotes the resolution of our disputes. To flesh out and assess this proposal, I examine debate about the social i...

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Publicado en:Social Theory & Practice Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 741 - 775
Autor principal: Pearson, James
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Florida State University Oct2017
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