nam a22 c 4500 pbns.214/218009025 nljbp 250625070854.5 cr ||||||||||| 250319s2011 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011030027 9789027284655 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp BJ1428.A73 306.440917/5927 23 CFG bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Dupret, Baudouin author Practices of Truth An ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts Baudouin Dupret Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 ©2011 1 online resource (xiv, 173 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 0922-842X 214 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Learning the truth -- Chapter 2. The context of truth practices -- Chapter 3. Telling the truth -- Chapter 4. The truth about oneself -- Chapter 5. Speaking the truth -- Chapter 6. Narratives of truth 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 the question of morality in ordinary reasoning, and the categories and categorizations on which that morality is based: moral values are publicly available; morality has a modal logic; moral values and conventions have an open texture; objectivity is a practical achievement carried out by members of society; the moral order is an omnipresent, constitutive characteristic of social practice. Provided by publisher. Afro-Asiatic languages Anthropological Linguistics Pragmatics Dupret, Baudouin author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 9789027256171 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.214 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027284655