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Communication: In general, communication is the transmission of information between several entities (people, animals, cells) that are able to process this information. In communication, information is copied and not merely transmitted, since it is not lost at the original location. New information emerges where applicable in the individuals involved in the communication. The aim of communication is to change the information of a recipient. Human communication also includes the manner of transmission, e.g. ironic coloring of a quotation or the knowledge about the credibility of a source. See also information, language, communication theory, actions, understanding, frame theories._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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W.V.O. Quine on Communication - Dictionary of Arguments
XIII 27 Communication/Quine: one generally says that what is communicated are ideas. An idea seems to have been doubled in another mind. But since we cannot see into this mind, we do not know how faithful the copy is. Idea/Vagueness/Undefinedness/Quine: so ideas are vague, and so are we: we cannot be sure of our own ideas. >Ideas/Quine. Solution/Quine: should we better communicate sentences about reality? Especially when the objects we are talking about are of the kind that we and our communication partners encounter them from time to time. Words/expressions/language/language acquisition/language learning/Quine: the words are those that we have learned from each other in the presence of the same objects. They are kept fresh through repeated communication in the presence of such objects. Then we do not need any more ideas. Problem: when we talk about e.g. absent objects that the other may have never seen before. Or, for example, a sentimental feeling about a lost object. Here we do not know where we should begin to explain it. Yet communication is undoubtedly successful. XIII 28 Solution/Quine: the words for absent have been learned in earlier contexts. Also through pictures and descriptions. Learn/Words/Word/Quine: the various ways to learn a word are composed in a social network. Its coherence is no coincidence, because it is self-correcting. >Language Acquisition/Quine. Truth/Hegel: "Truth is in league with reality against consciousness". Logic/Quine: "Logic chases truth up the tree of grammar". Communication/Quine: is getting a little thin here! Success/Communication/Quine: we recognize it by the fact that our communication partner behaves in a predicted way. Abstract/Quine: the more abstract our discourse becomes, the rarer and more indeterminate become the places where we have clarity about the success of our communication. XIII 29 Here applies: "No news are good news". That is the principle of indulgence. It gives us an exaggerated idea of how well we have been understood. The miracle of communication somehow becomes a bit like the miracle of transubstantiation._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Quine I W.V.O. Quine Word and Object, Cambridge/MA 1960 German Edition: Wort und Gegenstand Stuttgart 1980 Quine II W.V.O. Quine Theories and Things, Cambridge/MA 1986 German Edition: Theorien und Dinge Frankfurt 1985 Quine III W.V.O. Quine Methods of Logic, 4th edition Cambridge/MA 1982 German Edition: Grundzüge der Logik Frankfurt 1978 Quine V W.V.O. Quine The Roots of Reference, La Salle/Illinois 1974 German Edition: Die Wurzeln der Referenz Frankfurt 1989 Quine VI W.V.O. Quine Pursuit of Truth, Cambridge/MA 1992 German Edition: Unterwegs zur Wahrheit Paderborn 1995 Quine VII W.V.O. Quine From a logical point of view Cambridge, Mass. 1953 Quine VII (a) W. V. A. Quine On what there is In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (b) W. V. A. Quine Two dogmas of empiricism In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (c) W. V. A. Quine The problem of meaning in linguistics In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (d) W. V. A. Quine Identity, ostension and hypostasis In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (e) W. V. A. Quine New foundations for mathematical logic In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (f) W. V. A. Quine Logic and the reification of universals In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (g) W. V. A. Quine Notes on the theory of reference In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (h) W. V. A. Quine Reference and modality In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (i) W. V. A. Quine Meaning and existential inference In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VIII W.V.O. Quine Designation and Existence, in: The Journal of Philosophy 36 (1939) German Edition: Bezeichnung und Referenz In Zur Philosophie der idealen Sprache, J. Sinnreich (Hg), München 1982 Quine IX W.V.O. Quine Set Theory and its Logic, Cambridge/MA 1963 German Edition: Mengenlehre und ihre Logik Wiesbaden 1967 Quine X W.V.O. Quine The Philosophy of Logic, Cambridge/MA 1970, 1986 German Edition: Philosophie der Logik Bamberg 2005 Quine XII W.V.O. Quine Ontological Relativity and Other Essays, New York 1969 German Edition: Ontologische Relativität Frankfurt 2003 Quine XIII Willard Van Orman Quine Quiddities Cambridge/London 1987 |