Language and scientific research. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.
• Editors: González, Wenceslao J
• Contents: 1 The Relevance of Language for Scientific ResearchPart I The Problem of Reference and Potentialities of the Language in Science2 Semantics of Science and Theory of Reference: An Analysis of the Role of Language in Basic Science and Applied Science3 On the Role of Language in Scientific Research: Language as Analytic, Expressive, and Explanatory toolPart II Language and Change in Scientific Research: Evolution and Historicity4 Scientific Inquiry and the Evolution of Language5 Language, History and the Making of Accurate ObservationsPart III Scientific Language in the Context of Truth and Fiction6 The Evolution of Truth and Belief7 Models, Fictions and ArtifactsPart IV Language in Mathematics and in Empirical Sciences8 On Mathematical Language: Characteristics, Semiosis and Indispensability9 Characterization of Scientific Prediction From Language: An Analysis of Nicholas Rescher's Proposal.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 501.4; Science -- Language; Language and languages -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030605377
• Related ISBNs: 9783030605360
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