Sources of communicative philosophy: Kyiv, Lybid, 1996, 173 p.

This book is one of the first attempts in the Ukrainian philosophical literature to comprehend the fundamental concepts and principles of modern (mainly German-language) philosophy of communication. Both the newest and ‘classical’ variants of solving actual problems of the social and personal dimensions of human existence within the framework of the communicative turn are studied.

These studies are organically complemented by translations of the primary sources of the philosophy of communication — individual works and exemplary fragments from the works of K.-O. Appel, M. Riedel, J. Habermas, K. Jaspers, M. Buber, O. F. Bollnow.

CONTENTS

Introduction. THE COMMUNICATIVE TURN IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

Chapter I. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF COMMUNICATIVE PHILOSOPHY

1. COMMUNICATIVE PHILOSOPHY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ‘CRISIS OF REASON’
2. “COMMUNICATIVE ACTION” AND “LIFE WORLD”: THE SEARCH FOR SYNTHESIS

Karl-Otto Apel. THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE ETHICS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Karl-Otto Apel. THE PROBLEM OF ETHICAL RATIONALITY

Manfred Riedel. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY

Jürgen Habermas. COMMUNICATIVE ACTION AND DISCOURSE

Chapter II. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE “CLASSIC” PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION

1. TO THE PROBLEM OF “ILLUMINATION” OF EXISTENTIAL COMMUNICATION
2. THE PHENOMENON OF COMMUNICATION IN DIALOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
3. AN ATTEMPT TO "OVERCOME EXISTENTIALISM” THROUGH THE INTERSUBJECTIVE DIMENSION OF BEING

Karl Jaspers. COMMUNICATION

Martin Buber. PERSPECTIVES

Otto Friedrich Bollnow. THE MEETING

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