Philosophy of Communication

Every human being has the instinct to know, from this human instinct compelled to acquire knowledge on everything. Human knowledge gained from their experiences, knowledge was divided into two kinds, namely common knowledge that merely know and there is Knowledge Science should qualify science is objective, methodical, systematic and universal. Philosophy is the root of all knowledge, the knowledge of filsafatlah born. In fact, every science that face difficulty will be returned to the fundamental thinking.

Thinking philosophy categorized into three characteristics, namely the fundamental thinking, truth-seeking process by constantly questioning the way to achieve the best answer in, the most basic to the root. The second thought is Speculative philosophy, a question will continue to operate as a circle but in a speculative thought should be able to choose a reliable so as to find the starting point of science. The third is the Whole, someone who wants to get an answer to something that should be able to examine objects in detail and detail, so it will find the correct answer. Philosophy of science would not exist apart from the region (ontology), knowledge (epistemology) and value (axiology). In no area of ​​communication philosophy (ontology) discusses what the communication? What are the object of study of communication? Etc., the knowledge (epistemology) will discuss how communication was built? While in the area of ​​values ​​(axiology) discusses the use of science communication itself.

 Ontology is to understand the nature of science and the object of a scientific field, the object of science consists of material objects and object forms. In communication science material object that human action in a social context being the object forma is communication itself. Here the communication is defined as the delivery of messages between human effort and communication science as the study of human message delivery attempt. In order to obtain a deeper understanding of the object of study of science komunikas, there are three main elements, namely business, delivering messages, and human. The effort is meant is a process of communication that occurs between individuals have an intentional element in the delivery of the message. Delivery of the message itself is one of the keys to the process of communication, without delivering the message will not happen communication. The latter is human, a process will always involve human communication, delivering messages to other than humans are not worthy to be called with the communication. From the above statement can be concluded that humans are communicators, see the fundamental human in man consists of physical and spiritual equipment. Human physical equipment that is also called the hardware works as a means of sending messages and receiving messages that are concrete, visible, and held, as well as easy to distinguish from each other. While the spiritual equipment that is often called the software consists of intellect, mind, conscience, and instincts that work simultaneously, continuously for human life, work equipment which is spiritual, philosophy of life, the conception of happiness, communication motives and messages.

 Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that examines and discusses the limitations, the base and foundation, tools, benchmarks, legality, validity, and the truth of science and human knowledge. In communication science, epistemology always questioned the feasibility of communication as a science. As mentioned previously the feasibility of Science must qualify science is objective, methodical, systematic and universal. In the study of communication object itself has been described previously, and it can be stated that the object of study of communication has a clear sabagai one of the eligibility requirements of science, the second condition that is systematic, which is the process of a series of systematic causal relationship. In communication, the communication is based on a causal relationship intact, comprehensive, and integrated. 

Communication is also able to explain the sequence of cause and effect regarding the object of study. The third is the communication method recognizes two kinds of methods in his research that the positivist quantitative and qualitative antipositivist. Both of these methods aim to build knowledge and different from each other. Positivism looking results in generalization and universal objectivity and not associated with the value, while the results of intersubjectivity antipositivist looking to build knowledge in ideographic and related to the value. The latter requirement is universal, the positivist quantitative methods is clear that this method is universal generalizations building science.

 Axiology is a branch of philosophy that discusses the value of a field of science. In science communication, Axiology questioned about the use of science communication itself. And the use of science communication that relies on the philosophy of individual human life itself. A philosophy of life will determine the communication scientists in selecting the object of research, how to do research and use research products.