"The papers collected here are the best sample of one of the most original theories in the philosophy of language and communication (Critical Pragmatics). They present the development of the theory from its initial sprout from Perry's Critical Referentialism, with "Three Demonstrations and a Funeral" (2006) as its first visible result, to a critical clarification of its tenets in "Critical Pragmatics: Nince Misconceptions" (2023). After Korta and Perry's book "Critical Pragmatics" (2011), this is the most important book on "Critical Pragmatics," as it was conceived, developed and applied by its creators"--
Biografie (John Perry)
John Perry, Jahrgang 1943, ist Professor emeritus für Philosophie an der amerikanischen Stanford University. Für sein wissenschaftliches Werk zur Sprachphilosophie und zur Theorie des Bewusstseins wurde er u. a. mit dem deutschen Humboldt-Preis ausgezeichnet. Er co-moderiert ein philosophisches Radioprogramm und beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit der Kunst des gezielten Aufschiebens. Dafür erhielt er 2011 den Ig-Nobelpreis (den renommierten satirischen Preis der Harvard University für unnütze, skurrile aber geistreiche wissenschaftliche Arbeiten).
Biografie (Kepa Korta)
Kepa Korta is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country. His work has been focused on the study of dialogue, the implicit/explicit distinction, and the semantics/pragmatics interface. His research fields include the philosophy of language, semantics and pragmatics, and the philosophy of action. He has authored a number of books and papers, and recently co-authored with John Perry several works on pragmatics in Mind and Language, Synthese, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He is currently director of the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and Information (ILCLI) of the University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian..
