Critical Humanist Perspectives

This is a collection of scholarly reflections on the theme of humanism from an integrational linguistic perspective. It studies humanist thought in relation to the philosophy of language and communication underpinning it, and the question whether being a ‘humanist’ binds one to a particular view of language. The contributions to this volume explore the question whether integrational linguistics, being informed by a non-mainstream semiology, offers a viable platform on which to discuss truth claims put forward by present-day humanists which seem to lie beyond the grasp of academic disciplines that do not operate on the basis of the scientific method.