Communicative versus strategic rationality: Habermas theory of communicative action and the social brain.

In the philosophical theory of communicative action, rationality refers to interpersonal communication rather than to a knowing subject. Thus, a social view of rationality is suggested. The theory differentiates between two kinds of rationality, the emancipative communicative and the strategic or in...

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Main Authors: Michael Schaefer, Hans-Jochen Heinze, Michael Rotte, Claudia Denke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3666968?pdf=render