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The theory of communicative action

by Thomas McCarthy
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The key to his notion of reaching understanding is the possibility of using reasons or grounds to gain intersubjective recognition for criticizable validity claims.

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 1984
Publisher
Cambridge : Polity Press, c1984-c1987.
Pages
507
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780807015063

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