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Publication details [#1207]
Beatty, Joseph. 1979. 'Communicative competence' and the skeptic. Philosophy & Social Criticism 6 (3) : 267–287. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Person as a subject
Journal WWW
Annotation
Defense of Habermas' 'communicative competence' argument against relativist and skeptical challenges. The key to the strength of his argument is said to be its ability to show the inescapability of certain sorts of claims in any society or language.