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A '''performative contradiction''' ({{lang-de|performativer Widerspruch}}) arises when the [[proposition]]al content of a statement contradicts the [[presupposition]]s of asserting it. An example of a performative contradiction is the statement "I am dead" because the very act of proposing it presupposes the actor is alive. |
A '''performative contradiction''' ({{lang-de|performativer Widerspruch}}) arises when the [[proposition]]al content of a statement contradicts the [[presupposition]]s of asserting it. An example of a performative contradiction is the statement "I am dead" because the very act of proposing it presupposes the actor is alive. |
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| ⚫ | [[Jürgen Habermas]] points out that statements spoken during justificatory argumentation carry additional presuppositions and so certain statements are performative contradictions in this context. Habermas claims that [[post-modernism]]'s [[epistemological relativism]] suffers from a performative contradiction. [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]] claims in his theory of [[discourse ethics]] that arguing against [[self-ownership]] results in a performative contradiction.<ref name="hanshoppe2">{{cite journal |last=Hoppe |first=Hans-Hermann |title=The Ultimate Justification of Private Property |journal=Liberty |date=September 1988 |volume=1|page=20 |url=http://www.hanshoppe.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/hoppe_ult_just_liberty.pdf}}</ref> [[Jaakko Hintikka]] more rigorously fleshed out the notion of performative contradiction in analyzing [[Descartes]]' famous ''[[cogito ergo sum]]'' argument, concluding that ''cogito ergo sum'' relies on performance rather than logical inference.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cogito, Ergo Sum: Inference or Performance? |first=Jaakko |last=Hintikka |journal=The Philosophical Review |volume=71 |issue=1 |year=1962 |pages=3–32 |doi=10.2307/2183678 |jstor=2183678 }}</ref> |
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[[Jaakko Hintikka]] more rigorously fleshed out the notion of performative contradiction in analyzing [[Descartes]]' famous ''[[cogito ergo sum]]'' argument, concluding that ''cogito ergo sum'' relies on performance rather than logical inference.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cogito, Ergo Sum: Inference or Performance? |first=Jaakko |last=Hintikka |journal=The Philosophical Review |volume=71 |issue=1 |year=1962 |pages=3–32 |doi=10.2307/2183678 |jstor=2183678 }}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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*[[Contradiction]] |
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*[[Discourse ethics]] |
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*[[Liar paradox]] |
*[[Liar paradox]] |
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*[[Paradox]] |
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*[[Performative utterance]] |
*[[Performative utterance]] |
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*[[Self-refuting idea]] |
*[[Self-refuting idea]] |
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Revision as of 04:03, 30 August 2022
A performative contradiction (German: performativer Widerspruch) arises when the propositional content of a statement contradicts the presuppositions of asserting it. An example of a performative contradiction is the statement "I am dead" because the very act of proposing it presupposes the actor is alive.
Jürgen Habermas points out that statements spoken during justificatory argumentation carry additional presuppositions and so certain statements are performative contradictions in this context. Habermas claims that post-modernism's epistemological relativism suffers from a performative contradiction. Hans-Hermann Hoppe claims in his theory of discourse ethics that arguing against self-ownership results in a performative contradiction.[1] Jaakko Hintikka more rigorously fleshed out the notion of performative contradiction in analyzing Descartes' famous cogito ergo sum argument, concluding that cogito ergo sum relies on performance rather than logical inference.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (September 1988). "The Ultimate Justification of Private Property" (PDF). Liberty. 1: 20.
- ^ Hintikka, Jaakko (1962). "Cogito, Ergo Sum: Inference or Performance?". The Philosophical Review. 71 (1): 3–32. doi:10.2307/2183678. JSTOR 2183678.
Further reading
- Habermas, Jürgen (1990). "Discourse Ethics: Notes on a Program of Philosophical Justification". In Habermas (ed.). Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action. trans. C. Lenhardt and S.W. Nicholsen. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
- Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. "On the Ultimate Justification of the Ethics of Private Property". The Economics and Ethics of Private Property.
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