Beyond Truth and Method: On Misreading Gadamer's Praxical Hermeneutics.

Chen, Kuan-Hsing

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Publication Date: 1987

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Beyond Truth and Method: On Misreading Gadamer's Praxical Hermeneutics.

Chen, Kuan-Hsing

Quarterly Journal of Speech, v73 n2 p183-99 May 1987

Argues for the priority of a "praxical" hermeneutics over both an ontological and a methodological one. Proposes a praxical dimension to the hermeneutic tradition within communication studies by focusing on and expanding Hans-Georg Gadamer's notion of practice. Suggests some new possibilities for the study of communication and mass communication. (JD)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Rhetorical Criticism, Social Influences, Theories

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Language: English

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