ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

          In recognition of his myriad contributions to this study, I want to express my gratitude to George F. McLean, Professor of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; Secretary of The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy; and Secretary of The International Soci­ety of Metaphysics, for introducing me some years ago to the work of Jürgen Habermas in a manner that eventually led to the writing of this work. Those familiar with his un­bounded kindness have some idea of the magnitude of my debt. Indeed, his incisive comments and constant support have been the sine qua non for the conception and real­ization of this volume; albeit any limitations con­tained herein are, of course, my own.

          For his insightful comments on my early study on Habermas, I would like to thank Dr. Harold A. Durfee, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and William Frazier McDowell Chair of Philosophy of The American University, Washington, D.C.

          I would also like to mention the indirect assis­tance provided by Professors Richard J. Bernstein, Fred R. Dallmayr, David Held, Thomas McCarthy, Rick Roderick, John B. Thompson, and Stephen White, whose scholarly contributions have largely been responsible for mak­ing the work of Jürgen Haber­mas known within Anglo-American circles. His indefatigable contributions have come largely to define much of contemporary philosophical discourse.

          Finally, I want to express my grati­tude to the Founder of the Idente School, Pro­fessor Fernando Rielo, for evoking new metaphysical horizons as this study was being completed.

 

                                                                                

 

       Acknowledgement is made to the following publishers for permission to include material from the cited works: Beacon Press: Jürgen Habermas, Communication and the Evolution of Society (1979); Jürgen Habermas, Knowledge and Human Interests (1971); Cambridge University Press: Stephen White, The Recent Work of Jürgen Habermas: Reason, Justice and Modernity (1988); John B. Thompson, Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas (1981); the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press: Jürgen Habermas, Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action (1990); Richard J. Bernstein, ed., Habermas and Modernity (1985); John B. Thompson and David Held, eds., Habermas: Critical Debates 1982; Thomas McCarthy, The Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas 1978); the University of California-Berkeley Press: David Held, Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas (1980); the University of Pennsylvania Press: Richard J. Bernstein, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism (1983); and the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism: Alessandro Ferrara, "A Critique of Habermas's Consensus Theory of Truth" (1987).