Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:21:24 +0100 From: Colin Wight <Colin.Wight-AT-aber.ac.uk> Subject: Re: BHA: Performative Contradictions Hi Doug, I'd always thought it originated with Habermas, who uses it The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, p.119. But actually, I think he got the term from Karl Otto Apel and I think, if I remember rightly, he acknowledges this in the essay on Discourse Ethics in Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action. Hope this helps. Cheers, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Colin Wight Department of International Politics University of Wales Aberystwyth telephone: +44 (0)1970-621769 fax : +44 (0)1970-622709 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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