Human Communication as Narration: Toward a Philosophy of Reason, Value, and Action

by Walter R. Fisher

Book Overview

This book addresses questions that have concerned rhetoricians, literary theorists, and philosophers since the time of the pre-Socratics and the Sophists: How do people come to believe and to act on the basis of communicative experiences? What is the nature of reason and rationality in these experiences? What is the role of values in human decision making and action? How can reason and values be assessed? In answering these questions, Professor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872496244
• ISBN13: 9780872496248
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"