Peirce's Philosophy of Communication: The Rhetorical Underpinnings of the Theory of Signs - Couverture rigide

Bergman, Mats

 
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Synopsis

Charles S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was also the architect of a remarkable theory of signs that continues to puzzle and inspire philosophers today. In this important new book, Mats Bergman articulates a bold new approach to Peirce's semeiotic through a reassessment of the role of rhetoric in his work. This systematic approach, which is offered as an alternative to formalistic accounts of Peirce's project, shows how general sign-theoretical conceptions can plausibly be interpreted as abstractions from everyday communicative experiences and practices. Building on this fallible ground of rhetoric-in-use, Bergman explicates Peirce's semeiotic in a way that is conducive to the development of rhetorical inquiry and philosophical criticism. Following this path, the underpinnings of a uniquely Peircean philosophy of communication is unearthed a pragmatic conception encased in a normative rhetoric, motivated by the continual need to transform and improve our habits of action.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mats Bergman is a Junior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland and the Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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9781441146304: Peirce's Philosophy of Communication: The Rhetorical Underpinnings of the Theory of Signs

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  144114630X ISBN 13 :  9781441146304
Editeur : Continuum, 2011
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