The Crooked Take of Gossip on the Hydraulic Metaphors of Communication and Knowledge
When the source of information is unknown and it is not possible to clearly identify the senders, receivers or the channel of a message, we are facing gossip. Thus, this phenomenon problematizes two of the most popular hydraulic metaphors of knowledge and communication: the source metaphor and the c...
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I28-R145-17185_oai2026-02-10 Somers, María Eugenia 2025-12-04 When the source of information is unknown and it is not possible to clearly identify the senders, receivers or the channel of a message, we are facing gossip. Thus, this phenomenon problematizes two of the most popular hydraulic metaphors of knowledge and communication: the source metaphor and the channel metaphor. The first, thematized by Hans Kellner, argues that for knowledge to be legitimate, its source must be identified. The second, objected to by Roy Harris, states that communication is transmitted from the sender to the receiver through a direct channel, without detours. It can be argued that both are part of what has been called the myth of language: as in the case of gossip, knowledge is language-dependent and therefore self-instituted, and does not function by telementation from a sender to a receiver, but is interpreted and constructed by all parties involved. The permeability of the border between the illegitimate and the legitimate suggests a relationship of complementarity between gossip and knowledge, which ultimately leads to reflection on what gives value to the information available to speakers in their daily lives. Cuando se desconoce la fuente de la información y no es posible identificar con claridad a los emisores, receptores o el canal de un mensaje, se está frente a un chisme. Así, este fenómeno problematiza dos de las metáforas hidráulicas del conocimiento y de la comunicación más populares: la metáfora de la fuente y la metáfora del canal. La primera, tematizada por Hans Kellner, sostiene que para que el conocimiento sea legítimo se debe corroborar su procedencia. La segunda, objetada por Roy Harris, afirma que la comunicación se transmite del emisor al receptor por un canal directo, sin desvíos. Puede argumentarse que ambas forman parte de lo que se ha llamado el mito del lenguaje, que invisibiliza que el conocimiento depende del lenguaje, por lo que es auto-instituido, y no circula por telementación de un emisor a un receptor, sino que es interpretado y construido por todos los interlocutores, como sucede con el chisme. La permeabilidad de la frontera entre lo ilegítimo y lo legítimo sugiere una relación de complementariedad entre chisme y conocimiento, que en última instancia lleva a la reflexión sobre lo que da valor a la información que disponen los hablantes en su vida cotidiana. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CdF/article/view/17185 10.34096/cf.n84.17185 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CdF/article/view/17185/15487 Derechos de autor 2025 Cuadernos de filosofía Cuadernos de filosofía; Núm. 84 (2025) 2362-485X 0590-1901 Communication Gossip Knowledge Metaphor Rhetoric Chisme Comunicación Conocimiento Metáfora Retórica The Crooked Take of Gossip on the Hydraulic Metaphors of Communication and Knowledge La mirada tensiva del chisme sobre las metáforas hidráulicas de la comunicación y el conocimiento info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cufilo&d=17185_oai |
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When the source of information is unknown and it is not possible to clearly identify the senders, receivers or the channel of a message, we are facing gossip. Thus, this phenomenon problematizes two of the most popular hydraulic metaphors of knowledge and communication: the source metaphor and the channel metaphor. The first, thematized by Hans Kellner, argues that for knowledge to be legitimate, its source must be identified. The second, objected to by Roy Harris, states that communication is transmitted from the sender to the receiver through a direct channel, without detours. It can be argued that both are part of what has been called the myth of language: as in the case of gossip, knowledge is language-dependent and therefore self-instituted, and does not function by telementation from a sender to a receiver, but is interpreted and constructed by all parties involved. The permeability of the border between the illegitimate and the legitimate suggests a relationship of complementarity between gossip and knowledge, which ultimately leads to reflection on what gives value to the information available to speakers in their daily lives. |
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