PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS OF COMMUNICATION (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Define the roots of communication science through various concepts, theories and aspects of philosophy; Identify the communication phenomenon in different facets of framework; Demonstrate the communication ethics based on the concepts, theories and aspects of communication philosophy.

Topics:

1. The Nature of Philosophy;
2. Human Nature;
3. Reality and Being;
4. Philosophy and Religion;
5. The Sources of Knowledge;
6. The Structure of Communication;
7. The Life of Signs;
8. Language As A Form of Life;
9. The Meaning of Life;
10. Culture and Communication;
11. Communication As Hermeneutics;
12. Truth;
13. Ethics.