@book{Bergman2009,
author = "Mats Bergman",
title = "{Peirce's Philosophy of Communication: The Rhetorical Underpinnings of the Theory of Signs}",
year = 2009,
address = "London",
publisher = "Continuum",
isbn = "978-1-8470-64"
abstract = "{Charles S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was also the architect of a remarkable theory of signs that continues to puzzle and inspire philosophers today. In this important new book, Mats Bergman articulates a bold new approach to Peirce’s semeiotic through a reassessment of the role of rhetoric in his work. This systematic approach, which is offered as an alternative to formalistic accounts of Peirce’s project, shows how general sign-theoretical conceptions can plausibly be interpreted as abstractions from everyday communicative experiences and practices. Building on this fallible ground of rhetoric-in-use, Bergman explicates Peirce’s semeiotic in a way that is conducive to the development of rhetorical inquiry and philosophical criticism. Following this path, the underpinnings of a uniquely Peircean philosophy of communication is unearthed – a pragmatic conception encased in a normative rhetoric, motivated by the continual need to transform and improve our habits of action.
}",
keywords = "Communication, Rhetoric, Semeiotic",
language = "English",
note = "From the Commens Bibliography | \url{http://www.commens.org/bibliography/monograph/bergman-mats-2009-peirces-philosophy-communication-rhetorical-underpinnings}"
}
