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A comprehensive introduction to the forms and various philosophical theories of communication, this volume is composed of three sections focusing on the production of culturally relevant communication, the interpretation of communicative messages, and the effects of communication on both speaker and listener. Each section draws on the work of key philosophers—from Foucault to Derrida to Habermas—and presents a detailed critical overview of the work in relation to the field of communication. Exhaustively researched, this book presents an up-to-date overview of thinking on communication theory in one inclusive volume.

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Publié par	Intellect Books
Date de parution	01 février 2011
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EAN13	9781841505022
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Philosophical Approaches to Communication

DedIcated to tHe memory of CaIn PavIa (1975–2000)

Philosophical Approaches to Communication

Claude Mangion

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First published in the UK in 2011 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK

First published in the USA in 2011 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1:

Chapter 2:

Chapter 3:

Chapter 4:

Chapter 5:

Chapter 6:

Chapter 7:

SaussureontheStructureofCommunication

PeirceontheLifeofSigns

FoucaultonDiscourseandPower

EcoonCultureandCommunication

Derrida and the Deconstruction of Communication

GadameronCommunicationasHermeneutics

WittgensteinonLanguageasaFormofLife

Chapter 8: J. L. Austin and Speech Act Theory

Chapter 9: P. Grice and the Theory of Conversation

Chapter 10: Searle and the Intentionality of Speech Acts

Chapter 11: Habermas on Communication and Social Theory

Chapter 12: Halliday on Language and Social Semiotics

Conclusion

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Introduction

e çurren îneres în çommunîçaîon sudîes îs undersandae gîven e oTçommunîçaîon eçnoogîes, e çonçep o çommunîçaîon a underîes ese proîeraîon o çommunîçaîon eçnoogîes a are par and parçe o oday’s word. However, wîe îs îneres ends o oçus on e medîa appîçaîons eçnoogîes remaîns unexamîned. he purpose o îs ex îs o provîde an overvîew o e dîferen aspeçs a are enaîed y e çonçep o çommunîçaîon. he eary eorîes o çommunîçaîon adoped a reaîvey sîmpe mode o expaîn e proçess o çommunîçaîon. Known as e proçess or înear mode o çommunîçaîon, î assumed a sender wo ransmîed a message o a reçeîver. ïn a sîgy more çompex versîon o îs mode, e sender ençoded a message a was ransmîed o e reçeîver wo în urn deçoded î o undersand e message. Undersandîng e message enaîed a e reçeîver woud e ae o undersand wa e speaker înended o mean wen e/se çommunîçaed îs/er message. Aoug popuar, îs mode o çommunîçaîon îs oo sîmpe as î aîs o ake îno aççoun e sîuaîon în wîç çommunîçaîon akes paçe. Communîçaîon îs no an asraç açîvîy dîssoçîaed rom a çonex o çonvenîons, rues or a way o îe. he goa o îs ook îs o îgîg e roe o e çonex în e proçess o çommunîçaîon. Aoug e sudy o çommunîçaîon înçudes e domaîn o non-vera çommunîçaîon (kînesîçs, paraanguage, proxemîçs, çronemîçs and apîçs), ï am oçusîng maîny on înguîsîç çommunîçaîon. However, în e çase o C.S. Peîrçe and Umero Eço, ï wî ouîne eîr aççouns o perçepîon însoar as ese provîde e asîs or undersandîng eîr semîoogîça eorîes. he çonçep o çommunîçaîon as a numer o çaraçerîsîçs: î aways akes paçe wîîn a çonex o produçîon (Capers 1–3), reçepîon (Capers 4–6) and açîon (Capers 7–12). Aoug e wrîers ï am oçusîng on end o prîorîîze one çaraçerîsîç over anoer, îs îs no o say a ey îgnore e oer eaures. ï îs merey or e purpose o anaysîs a ï ave paçed eaç wrîer în e çaegory were ï çonsîder îs work o e parîçuary înluenîa. Some o e emes dea wî y ese wrîers çoud e eer paçed wîîn oer çaegorîes. A genera eory o çommunîçaîon woud neçessarîy înçude a ese çaraçerîsîçs în a çompreensîve aççoun.

Pîosopîça Approaçes o Communîçaîon

Capers 1 and 2 açke e oundîng aers o sruçuraîsm and semîoogy, ese eîng F. de Saussure and C.S. Peîrçe, respeçîvey. Saussure as ended o e e sourçe o înspîraîon or Conînena eorîss, wîe Peîrçe as provîded e îneeçua açkground or Amerîçan eorîss. Nowadays, owever, eorîss o çommunîçaîon and pîosopy çanno aford o îgnore eîer o em, and în some ways ey çan e saîd o çompemen eaç oer. One major dîferençe eween e wo îs a wîe Saussure oçused exçusîvey on anguage as a sysem o sîgns, eavîng e appîçaîon o îs însîgs o oers, Peîrçe wîdened îs eoreîça enerprîse and aemped o expaîn e naure o a sîgns, sarîng rom e non-înguîsîç and çumînaîng în e înguîsîç. Wî Saussure’s wrîîngs ï examîne e wo asîç prînçîpes or e sudy o anguage: e prînçîpe o e arîrary naure o e sîgn and e prînçîpe o dîferençe. he çonsequençe o ese prînçîpes îs a anguage îs no onger çonsîdered as represenaîona, a îs, as a mîrror o e word, u as a sysem a çonsruçs e word. he word does no çome o us aready neay parçeed ou, wî anguage ‘pîçurîng’ or represenîng î, u î îs raer e nework o dîferençes a make up a anguage a în efeç çonsîues e word. To argue or îs çase on wa e approprîae sudy o anguage soud enaî, Saussure înroduçes a numer o çonçepua dîsînçîons, suç as e dîsînçîon eweenangueandparoe, vaue and sîgnîiçaîon, e synçronîç and dîaçronîç, and e synagmaîç and paradîgmaîç aspeçs o anguage. ï end e çaper y sowîng e înluençe o Saussure’s oug upon çuura sudîes, noay roug e work o Roand Bares. he wrîîngs o Peîrçe examîne e naure o sîgns rom a dîferen perspeçîve. Wereas e açkground o Saussure’s sudy o sîgns was a o înguîsîçs, e açkground o Peîrçe îs a o maemaîçs. From ese e eçame çonvînçed a e ony way o undersand a sîgn was y appyîng a rîadîç çonçepîon o Fîrsness, Seçondness and hîrdness. A sîgn esaîses a çonneçîon or wa e ças an înerprean (hîrdness) eween a quaîy (Fîrsness) and a îng (Seçondness). ïn îs çaper, ï çonînue o deveop Peîrçe’s eory o sîgns ogeer wî e way în wîç asîç sîgns çan e çomîned îno more çompex ones. he çaper proçeeds wî an overvîew o Peîrçe’s pragmaîsm a çonneçs e meanîng o a çonçep o îs çonsequençes and e meod o dîaogue în e produçîon o knowedge. ïn e ina seçîon, ï examîne e possîe reaîon eween Peîrçe and journaîsm, medîa and çommunîçaîon sudîes. ïn Caper 3 ï ouîne e vîews o Mîçe Fouçau. Aoug no ypîçay assoçîaed wî çommunîçaîon sudîes, some o îs vîews çonrîue îneresîng însîgs o e pîosopy o çommunîçaîon. he irs par o e çaper provîdes an în-dep desçrîpîon o e eory o dîsçourse wî e nex seçîons desçrîîng Fouçau’s arçaeoogîça readîngs o e îsory o madness and knowedge. ïn ese arçaeoogîça sudîes, empasîs îs paçed on dîsçourse and epîsemes. he nex seçîons are marked y e sît rom arçaeoogy o e geneaogîça readîngs o înçarçeraîon and sexuaîy în Fouçau’s wrîîngs. ïn e geneaogîça wrîîngs Fouçau moves away rom an anaysîs o dîsçourse o e reaîon eween dîsçourse and însîuîona sîes. he çonex o dîsçourse eçomes împoran sînçe î enaes îm o îgîg e reaîonsîp eween power and knowedge. ï çonçude

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îs çaper y examînîng e way Fouçau’s îdeas ave een aken up wîîn surveîançe eory. ïn Caper 4 ï urn my aenîon o Umero Eço. ï sar wî îs generaîzed aççoun o sîgns and çodes as e oundaîon or e sudy o çuure, and îs deveopmen îno a se o overappîng çonçeps, namey çommunîçaîon and sîgnîiçaîon. On Eço’s aççoun, wîe çommunîçaîon desçrîes e ranser o înormaîon eween maçînes, sîgnîiçaîon enaîs e înserîon o umans îno e proçess o çommunîçaîon. ïn e oowîng seçîons ï examîne e çonçeps o aduçîon, e roe o aour în e produçîon o sîgns, and Eço’s dîsînçîon eween e dîçîonary and e ençyçopaedîa. Ater dîsçussîng îs generaîzed eory o sîgns, ï examîne Eço’s çonrîuîon o semîoogy and îerary înerpreaîon roug e wîn dîsînçîon eween Mode Auors and Mode Readers, and Open and Cosed exs. he as seçîon o e çaper îs an appîçaîon o Eço’s semîoogîça eory o e James Bond noves. ïn Caper 5, ï urn o e pîosopy o Jaçques Derrîda and e pîosopy o deçonsruçîon. ï irs examîne Derrîda’s çrîîque o wo popuar aççouns a çonsîder anguage as eîer represenîng e word or expressîng mena saes. hîs îs oowed y a dîsçussîon o Derrîda’s deçonsruçîon o e spoken–wrîen çonras în e wrîîngs o Pao and Saussure. Wî ese readîngs în mînd, ï en reurn o Derrîda’s anaysîs o anguage, were e deveops e çonçep o meanîng în erms odîféranceand îs generaîzed noîon o wrîîng as arçe-wrîîng or grammaoogy. ïn e nes seçîon, ï examîne o Derrîda’s engagemen wî speeç aç eory and e susequen dîsçussîon wî Jon Seare. he as seçîon desçrîes e possîe çonrîuîon o deçonsruçîon o im sudîes. he ermeneuîçs o H.G. Gadamer îs e opîç o Caper 6. As wî deçonsruçîon, ermeneuîçs îs aso çonçerned wî e proçesses o înerpreaîon. he irs seçîon o e çaper ofers an aççoun o Gadamer’s înerpreaîon o e îsory o ermeneuîçs în an aemp o sow e îsorîça dîspaçemen o ermeneuîçs y sçîençe. hîs îs oowed y Gadamer’s çrîîque o naura sçîençe as eîng e soe reposîory o ru a jusîies îs çaîms on e sreng o e use o a speçîiç meod. Gadamer proposes an aernaîve aççoun were prejudîçe and auorîy – radîîon – are revîved o çouner e egemony o sçîençe and îs çaîm o ru. ïn e susequen seçîons, ï deveop Gadamer’s aççoun o e undersandîng o e proçesses o înerpreaîon în erms o wa e ças e‘usîon o orîzons’. he oowîng wo more seçîons dea irs wî înerpreaîon as a orm o dîaogue a oows e mode o quesîon and answer, and e seçond wî anguage as e very oundaîon o uman exîsençe. ï end îs seçîon wî an aççoun o e way în wîç ermeneuîçs mîg e useu în înerçuura çommunîçaîon. ïn Capers 7–12, ï examîne çommunîçaîon rom e poîn o vîew o e îngsdone or perormed y parîçîpans în e aç o çommunîçaîon. he poîn o deparure îs . Wîgenseîn, wose wrîîngs on anguage ave ad a proound înluençe on e deveopmens în e pîosopy o anguage. ïn îs eary wrîîngs Wîgenseîn sars wî a mode o anguage a îs resrîçed o e unçîon o desçrîîng e word. Known as e Pîçure heory o anguage, Wîgenseîn uses îs mode o anguage o dîsînguîs