Technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative action
The operation of a railroad switch serves as a metaphor in Jürgen Habermas’ discussion on preimplantation diagnosis. This article analyses the agreement between such technical metaphor and the notions of continuity and communicative action, while arguing its inconsistency with certain statements on...
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| description | The operation of a railroad switch serves as a metaphor in Jürgen Habermas’ discussion on preimplantation diagnosis. This article analyses the agreement between such technical metaphor and the notions of continuity and communicative action, while arguing its inconsistency with certain
statements on the status of the human embryo. Taken seriously, the «railroad switch» metaphor allows us to talk about an emergent communicative action in terms of the call experienced by a rational agent as a base for his or her calling an unborn human being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06a72547ecf14445aafc715a5316b1182022-12-21T18:56:26ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222016-02-01712691443145210.14422/pen.v71.i269.y2016.0266361Technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative actionJosé Luis Caballero BonoThe operation of a railroad switch serves as a metaphor in Jürgen Habermas’ discussion on preimplantation diagnosis. This article analyses the agreement between such technical metaphor and the notions of continuity and communicative action, while arguing its inconsistency with certain statements on the status of the human embryo. Taken seriously, the «railroad switch» metaphor allows us to talk about an emergent communicative action in terms of the call experienced by a rational agent as a base for his or her calling an unborn human being.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/6593Jürgen Habermas, cambio de agujas, continuidad, acción comunicativa, llamada. |
| spellingShingle | José Luis Caballero Bono Technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative action Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica Jürgen Habermas, cambio de agujas, continuidad, acción comunicativa, llamada. |
| title | Technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative action |
| title_full | Technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative action |
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| title_short | Technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative action |
| title_sort | technical metaphor of railroad switch and communicative action |
| topic | Jürgen Habermas, cambio de agujas, continuidad, acción comunicativa, llamada. |
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