SN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Communication, Political Philosophy, Polysemy

• School: Co-Greene, Co Green, C-GCC, CGCC
• Department: Sign Language
• Course: SN 101
• Professor: Olian

Document Summary

Humanism: an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. Ideology: a coherent set of social values, beliefs, and meanings; in marxist terns, it is a critical concept that refers particularly to dominant or ruling-class values, beliefs, and meanings what came to be called the dominant energy. Public sphere: a place or space where people can meet to discuss and debate issues and ideas of common concern. Communication: the act of transmitting and exchanging information and meaning through any form of language. While communication typically refers to exchange through verbal, written and electronic forms of transmission, clothing, gesture, and architecture, among many others, are also forms of communication. Commodities: goods sold in the marketplace valued primarily for the earnings they can generate through market exchange.