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Must a communicator be a manipulator?

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  “It’s just a PR stunt.” We’ve all heard this expression before. Sometimes it means that a company is trying to manipulate us in order to improve its image and ultimately make more money. Furthermore, we often associate communication with manipulation, because manipulators are often skilled communicators—they use their words precisely to deceive us. Yet, we are also told that communication is essential in a couple or group in order to understand one another. Is this a contradiction? Does effective communication necessarily involve manipulation? If communication is truly crucial in human relationships, are we doomed to manipulate when we speak? This raises the central issue: Must a communicator be a manipulator? 1. What does it mean to be a communicator and a manipulator? Communicator : an entity (organization or individual) that communicates. Communication is the ability to exchange information using language or code.¹ Manipulator : an entity (organization or individual) th...

Is Philosophy incompatible with communication?

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  "The study of reflection and rational examination of beings, as conceived by Averroes. Philosophical questions have traversed eras and continents throughout history, and it is today an essential study for humanity, just as communication, the study of the exchange of information through language and/or code in different forms (organizational, interpersonal), is. But what can be the link between these two studies? Do they have nothing to do with each other? Or perhaps no relation? The question now is: Is Philosophy incompatible with communication? — Communication is an important concept in the history of philosophy.  Aristotle probably established the first model of oral communication. He built this model around three elements: Ethos (the style adopted by the speaker), Logos (logic, reasoning), and Pathos (the sensitivity of the audience). It is thanks to Plato that we know the works of Socrates, such as Apology of Socrates , Charmides , Crito . Socrates left no written reco...