Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:04:13 -0500 Subject: HAB: Bibliography From: Martin Blanchard <tintamar-AT-club-internet.fr> Hello to all; I agree with Gary and Matthew, that we need to illuminate the notion of fallibilism. Gary's proposition looks like a step in the right direction. But I can't add much on that subject. I can only repeat what I have seen elsewhere: Is fallibilism a _concept_ itself not fallible (Apel) or is it more like a _notion_ in need of revision (Gary)? Anyways, I have a much more "pragmatic" contribution to make. Some of you may well know this, but I just discovered that Constellations vol. 7, n. 4 (December 2000) contains yet a new (but short) article by Habermas, "Remarks on Erhard Denninger's Triad of Diversity, Security and Solidarity". Like the title says, it is a response to a preceding article by Denninger, which proposes to replace "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" with the above motto. Habermas's article itself doesn't seem to say nothing new. It looks more like a restatement of previous views. This time the insistance is on constitution-making (verfassungsgebende praxis). And for the very first time, a doubt shone in my head concerning the centrality of public discourse. Is the latter really THE appropriate model for thinking the verfassungsgebende praxis, to the exclusion of social contract and stabilization of a common culture heritage, as Habermas pretends? Let me raise an eyebrow here. The way Habermas rejects collective guarantees of cultural rights in this article, seems to me like a problem comparable to what critics like McCarthy and Bernstein have termed as a reification of certain distinctions. The same volume of Constellations contains an article by Simon Critchley trying to set an agenda for a Derrida-Habermas meeting, and a response by Derrida as to why the said meeting didn't take place (both cancelled one after the other due to illness), and he later offers what sounds like a general criticism of the concept of unconditionality. So maybe there is something about fallibility in here. Don't take my comments for granted, these were made fast and are supported by a partial reading - just wanted to add a number to the steady-growing bibliography this list has built. Regards, Martin B --- from list habermas-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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