Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 49 n. 1 Rio de Janeiro 2006
Abstract
This article has two main objectives: 1) to compare how two of the most influential contemporary thinkers, Richard Rorty and Jürgen Habermas, relate to the legacy of American philosophical pragmatism and 2) to use this case to illustrate a meta-theoretical proposal of mine. The Rorty/Habermas comparison will allow me to present what I refer to as 'dialogical pluralism', that is, a theoretical and methodological perspective which, inspired by the American pragmatism of Dewey and Mead, refuses to adopt the separation between theory and history of theory. On the contrary, the dialogical pluralism that I propose conceives social sciences past as a repository of forgotten treasures that must be urgently reconstructed in order to better solve the problems of our time.
Keywords: Habermas, Rorty, dialogical pluralism, pragmatism
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582006000100005
Habermas, Rorty, and American pragmatism
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