MEANING THEORY

Charles François (2004). MEANING THEORY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 2043.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(1)
ID	◀ 2043 ▶
Object type	General information, Human sciences, Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model

K. BAUSCH resumes as follows J. HABERMAS views on meaning. “…it is based upon the semiotic model of a linguistic sign used by a speaker (sender) with the aim of coming to an understanding with a hearer (receiver) about objects and state of affairs. In such a semiotic model of communicative actions , meaning has three elements: the cognitive representation of a state of affairs; the expression of the experiences of the speaker; and the direction of requests to addressees”(Glossary, pers. comm., 2002)

In fact, many other aspects are also critical for the construction and the transmission of meaning (see cross references hereafter)

See also

Brain, Code, Code creation, Cognition, Communication (Human), Communication theory, Concept, Conversation, Frames of references, Information, Logon, Meaning, Metron, Observer, Organization closure, Redundancy, Semantics, Semiotics