Philosophy of dialogue is a type of
philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
based on the work of the Austrian-born Jewish philosopher
Martin Buber best known through its classic presentation in his 1923 book ''
I and Thou
''Ich und Du'', usually translated as ''I and Thou'', is a book by Martin Buber, published in 1923, and first translated from German to English in 1937.
Premise
Buber's main proposition is that we may address existence in two ways:
# The attit ...
''. For Buber, the fundamental fact of human existence, too readily overlooked by scientific
rationalism
In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification".Lacey, A.R. (1996), ''A Dictionary of Philosophy' ...
and abstract philosophical thought, is "man with man", a
dialogue
Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is c ...
which takes place in the "sphere of between" (''"das Zwischenmenschliche"'').
[Maurice S. Friedman (1955) ''Martin Buber. The Life of Dialogue'', p. 85. University of Chicago Press.]
See also
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Dialogical analysis
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Dialogical logic
Dialogical logic (also known as the logic of dialogues) was conceived as a pragmatic approach to the semantics of logic that resorts to concepts of game theory such as "winning a play" and that of "winning strategy".
Since dialogical logic was th ...
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Dialogical self
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Interfaith dialogue
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Intersubjectivity
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I and Thou
''Ich und Du'', usually translated as ''I and Thou'', is a book by Martin Buber, published in 1923, and first translated from German to English in 1937.
Premise
Buber's main proposition is that we may address existence in two ways:
# The attit ...
''
References
Further reading
* Rob Anderson, Leslie A. Baxter, Kenneth N. Cissna (Eds.). (2004). ''Dialogue: theorizing difference in communication studies''.
* Peter Atterton, Matthew Calarco, Maurice S. Friedman (2004). ''Lévinas & Buber: dialogue & difference''
* Samuel Hugo Bergman (1991). ''Dialogical philosophy from Kierkegaard to Buber''.
* Kenneth N. Cissna & Rob Anderson (2002). ''Moments of meeting: Buber, Rogers, and the potential for public dialogue.''
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Hans Köchler
Hans Köchler (born 18 October 1948) is a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United N ...
(2009)
''The Philosophy and Politics of Dialogue''
* Tim L. Kellebrew (2012). ''Brief Overview of Dialogical Psychotherapy''
* Tim L. Kellebrew (2013). ''On the World as Misrepresentation''
* Hune Margulies (2017), '' Will and Grace: Meditations on the Dialogical Philosophy of Martin Buber''
External links
Martin Buber ''
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (''SEP'') combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer-reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy, freely accessible to Internet users. It is maintained by Stanford University. Eac ...
''.
''I and Thou''– selected passages
* Margulies, Hune (2017)
Will and Grace: Meditations on the Dialogical Philosophy of Martin Buber
Continental philosophy
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