Overview
Provides a comprehensive exploration of the semantics of science
Covers both basic scientific research and the development of applied science
Argues that language affects the structure and dynamics of science and is therefore not a mere expressive instrumental sign
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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The Problem of Reference and Potentialities of the Language in Science
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Language and Change in Scientific Research: Evolution and Historicity
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Scientific Language in the Context of Truth and Fiction
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Language in Mathematics and in Empirical Sciences
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About this book
This book analyzes the role of language in scientific research and develops the semantics of science from different angles. The philosophical investigation of the volume is divided into four parts, which covers both basic science and applied science: I) The Problem of Reference and Potentialities of the Language in Science; II) Language and Change in Scientific Research: Evolution and Historicity; III) Scientific Language in the Context of Truth and Fiction; and IV) Language in Mathematics and in Empirical Sciences.
Language plays a key role in science: our access to the theoretical, practical or evaluative dimensions of scientific activity begins with the mastery of language, continues with a deepening in the use of language and reaches the level of contribution when it creates new terms or changes them in sense and reference. This reveals the compatibility between objectivity in semantic contents and historicity in the progress of science. This volume is a valuable enrichment to students, academics and other professionals interested in science in all its forms, who seek to deepen the role that language plays in its structure and dynamics.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Language and Scientific Research
Editors: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60537-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60536-0Published: 28 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60539-1Published: 28 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60537-7Published: 27 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 285
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations