Observations on Transaction

This book deals with two aspects of interpersonal communication - the content aspect and the relationship aspect. Concepts like "meta-communication" are analysed, as well as "reductionism," "social system "or "aspect." The study criticizes approaches toward a Philosophy of Communication which start from notions like "Ordinary Language" or "Language Instinct" or "Communication as Oriented Toward (Mutal) Understanding." This essay gives a vivid, sometimes witty and polemical discussion of several points linked to themes like "idealisation "or "systemic concept of person," and it proposes an attempt to base a conception of "communication" on the constructivist's understanding of the term of "observation." The way how a comprehension of "transaction" is shaped proves to be useful for understanding emotions as an element of human life and social interaction.