Ways of Communicating (Darwin College Lectures, Series Number 3) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521370744 ISBN 13: 9780521370745

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Ways of Communicating is a stimulating exploration of the single most powerful force that gives humankind its control over the natural world--the communication among us. So integral a part of everyday life as to be taken for granted, yet so multi-faceted as to be notoriously slippery to describe and analyze, the world of communication is treated here from the standpoint of the arts quite as much as the sciences. Speech and body language, fiction and music, communication by neural networks within the brain and by satellite around the globe, all are considered together to give a fascinating view of this elusive aspect of our common humanity. Contributors include P.N. Johnson-Laird on The Nature of Communication; Horace Barlow on The Brain; Patrick Bateson on Animals; Noam Chomsky on Language; D.H. Mellor on Truth; David Lodge on The Novel; Jonathan Miller on Communication without Words; Alexander Goehr on Music; and John Alvey on Telecommunications.

About this title

Book Description:

The world of communication is treated here for once from the standpoint of the arts quite as much as the sciences. Speech and body-language, fiction and music, communication by neutral networks within the brain and by satellite around the globe, all are considered together to give a fascinating view of this elusive aspect of our common humanity.

About the Author:

D. H. Mellor is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521370744
• ISBN 13: 9780521370745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172
• Editor: Mellor D. H.