Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 02:29:34 +0200
Subject: Re: HAB: Putting it to a Vote



>Ok - before this discussion about performative contradictions 
>hits the rails I want to put it to a vote.

In case somebody is going to vote, I'll summarize the issue.

In a wide sense, a performative contradiction is saying one thing
and doing the opposite. In a more restricted sense, it is saying one
thing and *thereby* doing the opposite. Ken's charge is that criticizing
someone for this is incoherent, a logical circle, at least when
Habermas does it. Now,

>1. How many people think it is a coherent and rational charge? 

We'll find out next week.


Antti




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