Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:21:24 +0100
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,




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University of Wales
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