Tracés (Nov 2008)
Les pragmatiques à l’épreuve du pragmatisme. Esquisse d’un « air de famille »
Abstract
This article proposes to clarify the relative confusion surrounding the uses of the notions of pragmatism and pragmatics by social scientists. It aims to discriminate one notion from the other, as much as to combine the two –philosophical and linguistical– paradigms. An analysis of the main current epistemological debates in the field of pragmatics will help establish conceptual and methodological similarities. This article makes no claim to exhaustiveness; rather, it focuses on several decisive aspects to determine a possible “common ground” between pragmatisms and pragmatics.
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