Inquiring into Communication in Science: Alternative Approaches

Science in Context 22 (4):613-646 (2009)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

ArgumentThis article focuses on a problematic character of communication in science. Two solutions are compared: paradigm-based science and the semiotic solution developed in the arts and social sciences. There are several parallels between the latter approach and Marxist dialectics. A third, original, approach to solving communication problems is proposed; it can be labeled “transactional.” It represents a version of the semiotic solution with particular emphasis on interactions, both face-to-face and depersonalized, and the imperative of negotiating and finding compromises. Communication problems existing at two registers of interactions, face-to-face and depersonalized, are differentiated; freedom is interpreted as the capacity to change the registers at will. An in-depth case study of the Coase theorem in economic sciences and legal studies illustrates key points in the proposed analysis.

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 102,217

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Status of Communication Perspective in Social Sciences.Kęstutis Kirtiklos - 2012 - Santalka: Filosofija, Komunikacija 20 (1):50-60.

Analytics

Added to PP
2014-01-27

Downloads
25 (#905,427)

6 months
5 (#918,796)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

Add more citations

References found in this work

The sociology of science: theoretical and empirical investigations.Robert King Merton - 1973 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Edited by Norman W. Storer.
Convention: A Philosophical Study.David Lewis - 1969 - Synthese 26 (1):153-157.
Convention: A Philosophical Study.David K. Lewis - 1971 - Philosophy and Rhetoric 4 (2):137-138.

View all 28 references / Add more references