Interpersonal Communication as Social Action
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Authors
Type
Journal Article
Year
2015
Language
English
Abstract
We compare a number of influential approaches to human communication with the aim of understanding what it means for interpersonal communication to be a form of social action. In particular we discuss the large-scale social normativity advocated by speech act theory, the view of communication as small-scale social interaction proper of Gricean approaches, and the intimate connection between communication and cooperation defended by Tomasello. We then argue in favor of a small-scale view of communication capable of accounting for the normative effects of communicative acts; to this purpose we introduce the concept of interpersonal normativity and analyze its relationship with communicative intentions.
Keywords
Interpersonal communication, communicative intention, normative relationship, interpersonal responsibility
Journal
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Volume
45
Number ( Month )
4-5
Pages (or article number)
407-423
ISSN
0048-3931
