Review Essay: A Report on Knowledge in Communicology

With Saussure's writings I examine the two basic principles for the study of language.

This essay reconstructs communication theory as a dialogical-dialectical field according to two principles: the constitutive model of communication as a metamode1 and theory as metadiscursive practice. The essay argues that all communication theories are mutually relevant when addressed to a practical lifeworld in which "communication" is already a richly meaningful term. Each tradition of communication theory derives from and appeals rhetorically to certain commonplace beliefs about communication while challenging other beliefs. The complementarities and tensions among traditions generate a theoretical metadiscourse that intersects with and potentially informs the ongoing practical metadiscourse in society. In a tentative scheme of the field, rhetorical, semiotic, phenomenological, cybernetic, sociopsychological, sociocultural, and critical traditions of communication theory are distinguished by characteristic ways of defining communication and problems of communication, metadiscursive vocabularies, and metadiscursive commonplaces that they appeal to and challenge. Topoi for argumentation across traditions are suggested and implications for theoretical work and disciplinary practice in the field are considered.

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SEMIOTICS, 2017

Abstract: The Human Science of Communicology culminates several disciplinary developments, largely viewed as singular constitutions and foundational to differential attitudes about the nature and function of philosophy and science in apposition (triadic relation) to human embodiment. In more familiar terms, the idea of Culture stands in contrast to the idea of Science, because there is a measured distinction between what human beings express and what they perceive. In Modernity, we know this apposition (Human–Culture–Science) as the emergence of (1) the distinct cultural disciplines (expression of human embodiment) over against the (2) the distinct scientific disciplines (perception of physical nature). Ernst Cassirer explores this problematic in The Logic of the Cultural Sciences (1942) where he distinguishes Culture as the perception-of-expression and Science as the perception-of-objects. Cassirer’s thematic explication is to be found in The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1923–1996) where his semiotic phenomenology of human communication is articulated in detail such that Science is bracketed by Culture. In Cassirer’s terms of symbolic forms, we can distinguish the semiotic distinction among (1) the Perception of Expression (Culture) where (a) Myth (Langage) and (b) Knowledge (Parole) contrast with (2) the Perception of Objects (Science) in the form of (c) Speech (Langue) and (d) Art (Discours). Symbols are constitutive of social semiotics (sensuous expression) and the intersubjective phenomenology of human embodiment (intuitive expression) in the tradition of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Husserl.

The present work focuses its attention on the role history has had in the construction of the field of communication, the research practice and in the possibilities of moving from the consideration of communication as an academic field to the consideration of communication as a transdisciplinary concept. The article pays special attention to the history, theory and to the objects of knowledge

Sign Systems Studies

There has been comparatively little attention for the fundamental ontology of communication in recent philosophy. Nevertheless, from classical metaphysical accounts of relationality and communal being to the analysis of intersubjectivity in phenomenology and to concrete existence as understood by process philosophy, the communicative structure of the act of being has been, if not explicitly then implicitly, a perennial component of metaphysical reflection. Communication theory can be conceived in such a way that it takes this ontological dimension into account. The ramifications of connecting being to communication in this way are explored in discussion with the conceptualizations of communication in integrationism and biosemiotics. An interpretation of Gabriel Marcel’s existential analysis of “my life” is used to show what philosophy as communication theory (in the strong sense of the notion elaborated here) might look like.

Theories and Models of Communication, 2013

This chapter charts the historical influences on the theories and models that shaped the communication discipline. This chapter illustrates the importance of U.S. and European scholars from not only the beginnings of the communication discipline, but those who were pre-eminent in other academic disciplines such as sociology, psychology, political science and journalism, as well as examining emerging scholarship from Asia that focuses on understanding cultural differences through communication theories. The chapter traces the foundations and heritage of the communication from five perspectives: (1) communication as shaper of public opinion; (2) communication as language use; (3) communication as information transmission;

Estudos em Comunicação, 2017

Continental Philosophy Review, 1982

There has appeared, recently, an interest in the philosophical implications of com munication. This concern has taken two forms: First, "communication" has provided a foundation for accounts of other aspects of human life (e.g., language, human nature, social reality). Such work assumes that it already understands the nature of communication. Second, alternative theories of communication have been generated from particular philosophical perspectives (e.g., phenomenology). Such work substitutes theory for philosophical investigation: its major thrust is to produce new research programs and critiques of other communication theories. One never asks if the grounding philosophy is built upon an unquestioned understanding of communication. In both cases, "communication" itself is not problematized.

Emmaus, 2020

Introduction Philosophy is interesting but communication is equally interesting. Both, philosophy and communication are subjects that will always be remembered. Having studied both, we decided to undertake this study, in order to look at the connection and relationship between the two disciplines, which is fascinating. That is why we undertook this venture and this effort to write this book. In this book, we will look at the different aspects that characterise the study of the Philosophy of Communication, mainly; we will establish the sense of a philosophy of communication, and look at the link between modernity, post modernity and globalisation. We will also explore the phenomenological understanding and problematical nature of communication; the truth of communication and then we will study the anthropology of communication. In the final analysis, we will seek to look at the limits and the other side of communication. This book is aimed at helping students who venture into the study of the Philosophy of Communication, which is usually a university course. This book would serve as a manual to help in delineating the main themes of the Philosophy of Communication but it would also help in helping the man and woman of today to appreciate the value and importance of communication when studied from a philosophical context. We have in this book tried, as much as possible, to use terminology that is simplified, deliberately avoiding the difficult philosophical jargons. We hope that our expressions and the treatment of the subject in general will offer us important themes and explanations that can help us to appreciate this discipline. Dr. Fr. Charles Ndhlovu-Mkhalirachiuta

2012

Philosophical Profiles in the Theory of Communicationis the first book to draw systematic attention to the theme of communication in twentieth-century academic philosophy. It covers a broad range of philosophical perspectives on communication, including those from analytic philosophy, pragmatism, critical theory, phenomenology, hermeneutics, feminism, psychoanalysis, systems theory, and more. What emerges is a vital, long-neglected story about the theme of communication in late modern academic philosophy. Each chapter features a "profile" of a particular philosophical figure, with a brief intellectual biography, an overview of that figure's contribution to communication theory, and a critical assessment of the significance of that contribution. The clear and accessible organization of the volume makes it ideal for courses in both philosophy and communication studies.

Review of Communication, 2015

considered mainstream in the discipline. Semiotics was limited to a narrow understanding as a method for analyzing texts. Submissions to the division declined and membership interest waned resulting in the 2009 divisional name change to the Philosophy of Communication Division which encompasses the range of approaches and interests by its membership. In 2013 we, as division chair, Igor E. Klyukanov, and vice chair, Annette M. Holba, developed a website (http://sites.ewu.edu/philcom/) to provide ongoing information, engagement, and resources for membership and where the centennial panel reflected in this essay can be viewed.

acad/gunkel/coms465/carey.html 1/4/13 CHAPTER 1 A Cultural Approach to Communication 2/15 www3.niu.edu/acad/gunkel/coms465/carey.html device for vivifying our studies.

Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 2013

Keywords communication theory communication studies traditions of thought DIsCussIoN Peter simonson university of Colorado, Boulder Leonarda García-Jiménez state university of Murcia Johan siebers university of Central Lancashire robert t. craiG university of Colorado some foundational conceptions of communication: revising and expanding the traditions of thought abstract This work presents and defines three meanings of communication taking into account some of the traditions of thought that founded our field of study. These three conceptions are: communication as an architectonic art; communication as a social force;