Universal pragmatics (UP), also formal pragmatics, is the philosophical study of the necessary conditions for reaching an understanding through communication. The philosopher Jürgen Habermas coined the term in his essay "What is Universal Pragmatics? " where he suggests that human competition, conflict, and strategic action are attempts to achieve understanding that have failed because of modal confusions.
Universal pragmatics (UP), also formal pragmatics, is the philosophical study of the necessary conditions for reaching an understanding through communication. The philosopher Jürgen Habermas coined the term in his essay "What is Universal Pragmatics? " where he suggests that human competition, conflict, and strategic action are attempts to achieve understanding that have failed because of modal confusions.
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