An evaluation of the practical syllogism as a model of man for human communication research

Autor: Keith Adler
Rok vydání: 1978
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Zdroj: Communication Quarterly. 26:8-18
ISSN: 1746-4102
0146-3373
DOI: 10.1080/01463377809369298
Popis: Arguments for the use of the practical syllogism for rules theories entail a claim that the practical syllogism represents an alternative model of man for scientific research. This analysis evaluates that claim by: (1) examining the structure of the practical syllogism and its accompanying logics; (2) comparing the logics of the syllogism with logics of human behavior; (3) identifying the contraints upon research by the action theory assumptions of the syllogism; and, (4) projecting these constraints upon three areas of substantive research ‐ mass, interpersonal, and organizational communication.
Databáze: OpenAIRE