Instruments of Communication
An Essay on Scientific Writing
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1966
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Author: Patrick Meredith
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 8 2 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 1 6 8 - 7
Instruments of Communication: An Essay on Scientific Writing provides an introduction to the instruments of logic and language. This book focuses on what people use in their… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInstruments of Communication: An Essay on Scientific Writing provides an introduction to the instruments of logic and language. This book focuses on what people use in their communications, such as the materials and forms by means of which people share their experiences, meanings, intentions, feelings, hopes, and understandings. Organized into five parts encompassing 20 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the different forms of inter-organic communication. This text then examines the particular case of rational communication wherein it results in a shared understanding. Other chapters consider a certain concept of brain-function that underlies the treatment of language. This book discusses as well the concept of communication, which is not simply a process of transmitting messages but a process of sharing experiences. The final chapter deals with the different ways of classifying social behavior and explores the associative basis of communication. This book is a valuable resource for scientists, physicists, physiologists, and psychologists.
List of DiagramsPrefacePart I. On the Communication of Understanding Introduction on Epistemics Chapter 1. The Paradox of Prose Chapter 2. On Understanding Science Chapter 3. Physics and Epistemics Chapter 4. The Logic of EpistemicsPart II. On the Meanings of Science Introduction on Semantics Chapter 5. Information and Comprehension Chapter 6. Magnitude and Meaning Chapter 7. Simplicity, Economy and Language Chapter 8. Semantics and PhilosophyPart III. On Forms of Representation Introduction on Syntactics Chapter 9. Thought, Work and Language Chapter 10. The Syntax of Observation Chapter 11. The Syntax of Mathematics Chapter 12. The Relativity of CategoriesPart IV. On the Instrumentality of Language Introduction on Psycho-Physics Chapter 13. The Grammar of Science Chapter 14. Knowing and Expressing Chapter 15. Instruments and Bodies Chapter 16. Language, Knowledge and the BrainPart V. On the Writing of Science Introduction on Pragmatics Chapter 17. On Time and Mechanics Chapter 18. On Space and Syntax Chapter 19. On Language and Writing Chapter 20. On Association and Communication Epilogue on Dialectical IndividualismAppendix. On the Syntax of ConceptsIndex of Authors and ReferencesPublications on Science, Education, Psychology and CommunicationLiterary AcknowledgementsTopic Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1966
- No. of pages (eBook): 666
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483208251
- eBook ISBN: 9781483221687
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