The choice of tradition and the tradition of choice: Habermas' and Rorty's interpretation of pragmatism

Philosophy and Social Criticism

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-70

  Koczanowicz, Leszek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Communication; Dialogue; Interpretation; Postmodernism; Pragmatism; Tradition; Transcendentalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248087873     PISSN: 01914537     EISSN: 1461734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019145379902500103     Document Type: Article

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