Review of Philosophical Profiles in the Theory of Communication

2012

Review of Communication, 2015

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

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH, 1978

Book Review essay covering major books on the topic of communication in the context of philosophy as critical thought.

Two claims are at stake for a science of communication. This essay brings into focus the philosophical distinctions between the human science of communication and the social science of communication. Social science is argued to be the dominant paradigm in mainstream communication inquiry in the United States. Its underlying basis is information theory. Communicology is a human science that differs from social science in that it focuses not on the message but rather the cultural-semiotic constraints on embodied phenomenological experience. This is a unique human science approach. The grounds for comparison are located in the history of these contrasting views and in their problematic concerns. American pragmatism and social psychology are depicted as analogous to European philosophy and the Geisteswissenschaften. As this essay argues, the human science of embodied discourse is historically rooted in semiotics and phenomenology and lead to a synthesis in contemporary communicology. Communicology is distinguished from cultural studies, and a vision for the future discipline is advanced.

2011

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 Copyright © 2011 Intellect Ltd All rights reserved. ...

Qualitative research meets and gathers insight and information, commencing with the particular. Qualitative research moves us from reductive and abstract engagement to experience of the subject matter before us. Philosophy of communication, understood as qualitative research in action, centers inquiry on questioning, reading, writing, editing, thinking, and interpretation. These five qualitative acts of inquiry are not isolated categories, yet they are simultaneously distinct characteristics within philosophy of communication scholarship. I contend that these five coordinates facilitate the performative engagement of philosophy of communication inquiry. I offer a story centered on five research coordinates, explicated with scholars repeatedly referenced in philosophy of communication literature. I engage these scholars in a manner akin to Walter Benjamin's (1968) " pearl diving, " seeking insight from selected parts of their copious contributions. Their collective insights function as threads with which I weave a story about the doing of philosophy of communication.

Philosophy was once hailed as the “queen of the sciences,” a form of inquiry so basic and fundamental that it was thought to be the foundation of every major field and discipline. Yet, for all its magnanimity and dramatic history, philosophy as an idea is curiously difficult to define and more difficult still to make sense of. This has everything to do with the many different ways of approaching the multifaceted thing we call “philosophy.” This entry attempts to make sense of philosophy, both as an idea and as a tradition, by reviewing the major historical periods and traditions of philosophical thought. It covers the prehistory of philosophy, as well as the ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary periods. It then covers the major domains of philosophical inquiry: metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics.