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

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

Bergman, Mats
Mats Bergman

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Series: Continuum Studies in American Philosophy, Book 10

Philosophy

ISBN10: 144114630X
ISBN13: 9781441146304
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Jan 5 2012
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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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