Speaking philosophically: communication at the limits of discursive reason
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, I propose 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) I argue this emphasis on the form of philosophical communication can function as an exclusionary mechanism, determining who is deemed capable of speaking philosophically.
continental philosophy, communication, community, exclusion, comportment, Heraclitus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, J.G. Fichte, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, Michel Foucault, Simone Weil, Luce Irigaray
Sutherland, Thomas
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20 April 2023
Sutherland, Thomas
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Sutherland, Thomas
(2023)
Speaking philosophically: communication at the limits of discursive reason
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London.
Bloomsbury Academic, 240pp.
Abstract
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, I propose 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) I argue this emphasis on the form of philosophical communication can function as an exclusionary mechanism, determining who is deemed capable of speaking philosophically.
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continental philosophy, communication, community, exclusion, comportment, Heraclitus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, J.G. Fichte, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, Michel Foucault, Simone Weil, Luce Irigaray
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