This work focuses on communication and how humans talk about things. It also explores how we conceive of, understand, and think about communication.
| ISBN | 1567502717 | | DEWEY | 302.201 | | ISBN13 | 9781567502718
(What's this?) | | Pages | 230 | | Publisher | Ablex Publishing Corporation | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | ABLEX PUB CORP | | Weight (grammes) | 454 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | Westport | | Publication date | 01 Jul 1997 | | Height (mm) | 237 | | Library of Congress | 96025517 | | Width (mm) | 167 |
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Part 1 On culture/structure/order: culture and communicability; diligently seeking structure; implicative order in "Truth-Keeping" versus "Truth-Seeking" societies. Part 2 On information: deconstructing information; how does information "Inform"? Part 3 On mind: tropes and things; saying so - the lie of the mind. Part 4 On imagination/poetics/accounts: imagination; a poetic for communication; explanation as motive. Part 5 On theory: the rules of the game; communication, evolution, revolution; communication - reach versus grasp. Part 6 On a raison d'etre: what would a theory of communication be for?
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