The Semantics of Science
The Semantics of Science proposes a radical new rethinking of science and scientific discourse. Roy Harris argues that supercategories such as science, art, religion and history are themselves verbal constructs, and thus language-dependent. Because each supercategory is constructed differently, it is necessary to pay attention to the linguistic process by which a discourse such as 'science' has developed. Through this view it is possible to observe that the function of the supercategory is to integrate what would otherwise be separate activities and enquiries, and the result of this integration is therefore a re-drawing of the intellectual wo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84714-348-8
- EAN: 9781847143488
- Produktnummer: 17038118
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 973 KB
Über den Autor
Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.
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