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
Martin Buber ( he, מרטין בובר; german: Martin Buber; yi, מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 –
June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism ...
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 Dialogical analysis, or more precisely dialogical interaction analysis, refers to a way of analyzing human communication which is based on the theory of dialogism. The approach has been developed based on the theoretical work of George Herbert Mead ...
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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 the ...
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Dialogical self
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Interfaith dialogue
Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e. "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is ...
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Intersubjectivity
In philosophy, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, intersubjectivity is the relation or intersection between people's cognitive perspectives.
Definition
is a term coined by social scientists to refer to a variety of types of human interac ...
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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 Na ...
(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''.
''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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