COMMUNICATION LEVELS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen' May 20, 2020 V. M. Rubskyi 5 citations
Mutual perception of individuals requires examining anthropological assumptions about knowing another person's 'I'. Implicit metaphysical attitudes, universal across worldviews, underlie theories of personal communication. The evolutionary premise in anthropology leads to four levels of communication: background, obstacle, function, and dialogue. The first three levels do not require an individual 'I' and leave the existential self unclaimed. The philosophy of dialogue, as developed by Rosenzweig, Ebner, and Buber, reveals that materialistic reduction in anthropology cannot account for genuine interpersonal dialogue. Genuine communication between two existential 'I's is possible only within religious discourse, requiring a metaphysical space—a premise about God as the space of subjectivity in the 'I-You' dialogue. Materialistic conditioning by evolutionary needs reduces communicative inquiry, making mutual perception of two 'I's impossible.