Abstract

Traditional psychology considers communication in terms of semantic and intentional transparency. This idea should be overcome, since the borderline between what is communicated and what is miscommunicated cannot be split up and partitioned in two separate and discrete domains. The starting point of this chapter is based on the assumption that a viable theory of communication has also to explain miscommunication in its different forms. In this perspective, communication sets up a unique and global category, including miscommunication phenomena, coming to the eventuality of not communicating. In particular, our aim is to outline some general principles that might connect communication and miscommunication processes to each other in a global, parsimonious and coherent theoretical perspective. This chapter intends to sketch out a miscommunication as a chance theory

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