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Incommensurability and Cross-Language Communication (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy) - Softcover

Book 21 of 30: Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy

Wang, Xinli

 
9781138264144: Incommensurability and Cross-Language Communication (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138264148 ISBN 13: 9781138264144
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

A dominant epistemological assumption behind Western philosophy is that it is possible to locate some form of commonality between languages, traditions, or cultures - such as a common language or lexicon, or a common notion of rationality - which makes full linguistic communication between them always attainable. Xinli Wang argues that the thesis of incommensurability challenges this assumption by exploring why and how linguistic communication between two conceptually disparate languages, traditions, or cultures is often problematic and even unattainable. According to Wang's presuppositional interpretation of incommensurability, the real secret of incommensurability lies in the ontological set-ups of two competing presuppositional languages. This book provides many original contributions to the discussion of incommensurability and related issues in philosophy and offers valuable insights to scholars in other fields, such as anthropology, communication, linguistics, scientific education, and cultural studies.

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About the Author

Xinli Wang is Professor of Philosophy at Juniata College, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138264148
ISBN 13 
9781138264144
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
384