Aristotle on the purpose of our language and its relation to our ultra-sociality
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ejpc_00069_1" target="_blank" >10.1386/ejpc_00069_1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Aristotle on the purpose of our language and its relation to our ultra-sociality
Original language description
The aim of this article is to explore Aristotle’s view on the relationship between human language and human ultra-sociality. I claim that although Aristotle considers the sociality of several animal species to be natural (physei), he regards human sociality as greater in degree (mallon) because it is achieved and sustained only through cooperation mediated by language. Attaining this heightened form of sociality requires a communicative tool that goes beyond the mere pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. It demands a conventional medium that enables us to detach from our immediate perceptions and imaginings (aisthēseis, phantasiai) and to enter the domain of constructing social relations grounded in justice. I argue that we accomplish this through the normativity inherent in human language.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Empedocles : European journal for the philosophy of communication
ISSN
1757-1952
e-ISSN
1757-1960
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
111-123
UT code for WoS article
001700647600008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105019395259