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On the notion of dialectics in the linguistic bodies theory

Nara M. Figueiredo

Filosofia Unisinos October 30, 2024 DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2021.221.13 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Proposes that dialectics in linguistic bodies theory should be understood as a two-fold concept—methodological and epistemological—rather than three-aspect, to avoid a paradox.

Abstract

This paper addresses the notion of dialectics in the linguistic bodies theory. First, it presents it as a three-aspect concept, namely, the ontological aspect, the methodological aspect, and the dialectical model. Subsequently, it discusses the ontological aspect and the dialectical model and, based on the enactivist linguistic notions of concreteness and abstraction, suggests that it can be conceived as a two-fold concept: methodological and epistemological. This suggestion intends to avoid the paradox we are led to by acknowledging three ontological enactivist claims and a few assumptions of the methodological approach. Keywords: Dialectics, Enactivism, Language, Epistemology, Ontology.