消解还是融合——罗蒂与阿佩尔哲学比较

Elimination or Convergence——a Comparison between the Philosophy of Rorty and that of Apel

在当代西方哲学中 ,科学主义与人文主义、语言分析哲学与解释学的交流与对话构筑了一道亮丽的风景线。罗蒂和阿佩尔基于不同的哲学传统 ,都对此作出了努力。罗蒂通过对整个西方哲学传统的批判 ,提出了消解权威、强调对话的后哲学文化。哲学、科学等学科都成了后哲学文化中的平等成员。哲学没有了昔日的光环而成为众多对话者中的普通一员。阿佩尔则基于对康德哲学的改造而把先验哲学、语言分析哲学、实用主义、解释学等有机结合起来 ,提出了先验语用学 ,完成了“语言学转向” ,使之成为第一哲学在当代的第三范式。

A brilliant scene has appeared in modern western philosophy due to the interactions between scientism and humanism and between the analytic and hermeneutic philosophies of language. Rorty criticized the Western philosophical tradition and argued for the elimination of authority and a post-philosophy discourse culture. The loss of its former importance has therefore degraded philosophy to the same academic status as science in the post-philosophy culture. Apel, on the other hand, has tried to transform Kant′...