Speaking Philosophically - Communication at the Limits of Discursive Reason

Western philosophy has often claimed for itself not just a distinct sphere of knowledge, but a distinct form of communication, set against ordinary speech. In Speaking Philosophically , Thomas Sutherland proposes that for some philosophers, authentic philosophizing demands a specific manner of speaking or writing, adoption of which enables one to gesture toward truths that propositional speech will never grasp. Drawing on a variety of thinkers - Heraclitus, Plato, Kant, Fichte, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Weil, Foucault, and Irigaray - Sutherland argues this emphasis on the form of philosophical communication can function as an exclusionary mechanism, determining who is deemed capable of speaking philosophically.>

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Sutherland
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781350160828
• ISBN: 978-1-350-16082-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies