On Human Communication: A Review, a Survey and a Criticism - Hardcover

Cherry, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262030659 ISBN 13: 9780262030656

Publisher: MIT Press, 1978

Synopsis

Colin Cherry's book, over successive editions, has served for twenty years as perhaps the most literate and readable introduction to this interaction available. Readers have consistently found that fields within their specialty are covered with authority; that fields far removed are covered with clarity; and that the connections among them are shown to be close and natural.A book on human communication that is worthy of its subject must introduce the reader to the dynamic interaction of a number of diverse fields. Colin Cherry's book, over successive editions, has served for twenty years as perhaps the most literate and readable introduction to this interaction available. Readers have consistently found that fields within their specialty are covered with authority; that fields far removed are covered with clarity; and that the connections among them are shown to be close and natural.This third edition includes a new chapter, "Feeling, Knowledge, and Understanding," that extends the book's reach into philosophy, and in particular communicates some existential points-of-view. In it the author undertakes to demonstrate that "The language of physical science is inadequate for discussion of what is essentially human about human communication." In addition, numerous changes have been introduced throughout the text, and the bibliography has been expanded and updated.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262030659
• ISBN 13: 9780262030656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 392