title: [Expression between empiricism and speculation.  A reply to Herman Schmitz' article "Understanding of expression as body communication" and also a contribution to the phenography of expression. I].
abstract: The present article tries to show, that the positions of H. Schmitz, advocated in his note "Ausdrucksverständnis als leibliche Kommunikation" (1972) are: 1. not new, 2. superfluous, 3. untenable, unserviceable, and therefore altogether worthless. In connection with the critical analysis of the author's statements we suggest a) the use of descriptive wording that is more exact, b) more clarification concerning the theory of expression.
mesh_terms: D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D011582:Psychological Theory
vernacular_title: Ausdruck zwischen Empirie und Spekulation