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It means that it is impossible to indicate an “entity” which “has always been” communication but (possibly) was called otherwise. I assume, therefore, that it is not possible to escape from presentism understood as describing the past in today’s terms – it needs to be done, although it must be done carefully in order not to allow our research to drift away and become separated from the key assumptions.
 I developed the catalogue of philosophical conditions for the history of communication in order to develop a foundation for further philosophical and communication studies. I assume that first, the assumptions, the accepted perspective, and the understanding of the basic concepts must be clearly presented. I can, therefore, claim that virtually all of the arguments in this book are my methodological credo. This is how I see the actions and practices of communication and I believe that they can be analysed on theoretical grounds defined this way.