Practical theories: Concepts, conceptions, and conceptualizations of communication
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Practical theories : Concepts, conceptions, and conceptualizations of communication. / Jensen, Klaus Bruhn.
I: Empedocles: European journal for the philosophy of communication, Bind 7, Nr. 2, 2016, s. 143-156.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Practical theories
T2 - Concepts, conceptions, and conceptualizations of communication
AU - Jensen, Klaus Bruhn
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article revisits the place of normative and other practical issues in the wider conceptual architecture of communication theory, building on the tradition of philosophical pragmatism. The article first characterizes everyday concepts of communication as the accumulated outcome of natural evolution and history: practical resources for human existence and social coexistence. Such practical concepts have served as the point of departure for diverse theoretical conceptions of what communication is. The second part of the article highlights the past neglect and current potential of normative communication theories that ask, in addition, what communication ought to be, and what it could be, taking the relationship between communication and justice as a case in point. The final section returns to empirical conceptualizations of different institutions, practices and discourses of communication: In a pragmatist perspective, it is conceivable to study not only what communication is, but also what it could be, and what it ought to be.
AB - This article revisits the place of normative and other practical issues in the wider conceptual architecture of communication theory, building on the tradition of philosophical pragmatism. The article first characterizes everyday concepts of communication as the accumulated outcome of natural evolution and history: practical resources for human existence and social coexistence. Such practical concepts have served as the point of departure for diverse theoretical conceptions of what communication is. The second part of the article highlights the past neglect and current potential of normative communication theories that ask, in addition, what communication ought to be, and what it could be, taking the relationship between communication and justice as a case in point. The final section returns to empirical conceptualizations of different institutions, practices and discourses of communication: In a pragmatist perspective, it is conceivable to study not only what communication is, but also what it could be, and what it ought to be.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - theory and practice
KW - normative communication theory
KW - justice
KW - pragmatism
KW - history
KW - natural evolution
U2 - 10.1386/ejpc.7.2.143_1
DO - 10.1386/ejpc.7.2.143_1
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 143
EP - 156
JO - Empedocles: European journal for the philosophy of communication
JF - Empedocles: European journal for the philosophy of communication
SN - 1757-1952
IS - 2
ER -
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