Practices of truth :: an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /

The claim of this book is that truth is a matter of language games and practical achievements: it is a "member phenomenon". To document this statement, it proceeds to the investigation of instances of truth-related practices in various Arab contexts. Bearing on the constitution of actions...

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1. Verfasser: Dupret, Baudouin
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 214.
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Zusammenfassung:The claim of this book is that truth is a matter of language games and practical achievements: it is a "member phenomenon". To document this statement, it proceeds to the investigation of instances of truth-related practices in various Arab contexts. Bearing on the constitution of actions and events, on what is factual or objective, on predictability, consequentiality, intentionality, causality, and on the many ways people orient to them, such a varied set of questions appears thoroughly moral. The praxeological respecification this book undertakes leads to important considerations regarding t
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027284655
9027284652
1283314770
9781283314770
9786613314772
6613314773

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