Planetary pragmatism? A response to François Cooren

Authors

  • Chris Russill Carleton University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31885/lud.2.1.240

Keywords:

Anthropocene, Communication theory, Pragmatism, Robert Craig

Abstract

In my discussion of Cooren’s piece, I set out to accomplish three things. First, I situate Cooren within a broader horizon of pragmatist thought to discuss how his work aligns with pragmatism. Second, I examine how Cooren deploys pragmatism to constitute a scholarly field of communication theory, a project seeking to transcend the current configuration of the field by systematizing discourse around a “metamodel”. Third, I ask what else Cooren’s pragmatism might do. Pragmatism, according to Cooren, offers us an agentive conception of the world.

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Published

2015-08-19

How to Cite

Russill, C. (2015). Planetary pragmatism? A response to François Cooren. Language Under Discussion, 2(1), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.31885/lud.2.1.240