Jurgen Habermas was no ivory tower theorist but was visible public intellectual who participated in public discussions across the world, particularly in Germany. Habermas is well known for his theory of communicative action. He distinguishes four kinds of actions of rational actors: teleological actions, normatively regulated actions, dramaturgical actions, and communicative action. Teleological action is where an actor makes...
Limits of Reason
Reason has several sides. It is theoretical and speculative. It has aesthetic side that assists us to determine and feel that which is sensed as beautiful and felt as good. It also has practical sides like the practical wisdom (phronesis) and instrumental reason. It has emancipative and therapeutic sides too. We have to employ all shades of reason to...
