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A dominant epistemological assumption behind Western philosophy is
that it is possible to locate some form of commonality between
languages, traditions, or cultures - such as a common language or
lexicon, or a common notion of rationality - which makes full
linguistic communication between them always attainable. Xinli Wang
argues that the thesis of incommensurability challenges this
assumption by exploring why and how linguistic communication
between two conceptually disparate languages, traditions, or
cultures is often problematic and even unattainable. According to
Wang's presuppositional interpretation of incommensurability, the
real secret of incommensurability lies in the ontological set-ups
of two competing presuppositional languages. This book provides
many original contributions to the discussion of incommensurability
and related issues in philosophy and offers valuable insights to
scholars in other fields, such as anthropology, communication,
linguistics, scientific education, and cultural studies.
A dominant epistemological assumption behind Western philosophy is
that it is possible to locate some form of commonality between
languages, traditions, or cultures - such as a common language or
lexicon, or a common notion of rationality - which makes full
linguistic communication between them always attainable. Xinli Wang
argues that the thesis of incommensurability challenges this
assumption by exploring why and how linguistic communication
between two conceptually disparate languages, traditions, or
cultures is often problematic and even unattainable. According to
Wang's presuppositional interpretation of incommensurability, the
real secret of incommensurability lies in the ontological set-ups
of two competing presuppositional languages. This book provides
many original contributions to the discussion of incommensurability
and related issues in philosophy and offers valuable insights to
scholars in other fields, such as anthropology, communication,
linguistics, scientific education, and cultural studies.
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