Language and dialogue in philosophy and science.

This article gives an overview of how 'language' and 'dialogue' are dealt with in recent approaches of philosophy, science and dialogue analysis. The philosophy of language is outlined by referring to a few selected examples. Linguistic science is mainly addressed from the perspective of attempts to structure pragmatics. The basic premise is that dialogue is the key to pragmatics. The goal of this article is to demonstrate how a theory of dialogue can be developed as a complex whole, which requires the transition from classical science to New Science. The basic guideline is the desire to arrive at the unity of philosophy and science, which can be achieved by considering philosophy as a normative component in the study of the meaning of our existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]