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Языковые игры: практика следования правилу и философская рефлексия
Language-Games: Practice of Rule Following and Philosophical Reflexion

Author(s): Grigorij Gutner
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: rule following; practice; habitus; reflection; alternative.

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the problem of rule following which is a traditional problem of the philosophy of language. Language communication is represented as a rule submitted activity. Two strategies of rule following are described. One of them is considered as habitual. It is strictly correlated with a system of social institutions and practices. The concept of habitus, developed by P.Bourdieu, is used forfuller investigation of this strategy. The other strategy is based on reflection. Reflective act implies alternative rules of communicative action and is correlated with responsible choice.

  • Issue Year: 16/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-48
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian