>>> kenneth.mackendrick at utoronto.ca 08/01/01 10:39PM >>>
At 03:16 PM 8/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
>The idealization of reason-giving with freedom, equality, autonomy,
>fairness, etc. is not inherent in communicative processes everywhere at
>all times.
Check the archives. If there isn't an anticipation of understanding, then we're not talking about communication. See, I just enacted an idealization. I anticipate that you'll understand what I just wrote, I can't help it - its structural, even if I'm lying.
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CB: There's a sense in which the proposition " communication is done with the purpose or anticipation of understanding" is quite trivial. Of course, communication is done trying to be understood. What is the more subtle or profound significance of this ? How is it not a truism ?