Method and Language.
Title:
Method and Language.
Author:
Grünfeld, Joseph.
ISBN:
9789027272591
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 pages)
Contents:
METHOD AND LANGUAGE -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. METHOD AND LANGUAGE -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER II. SYSTEM AND LOGIC -- CHAPTER III. RATIONALITY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER IV. PROGRESS IN SCIENCE -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER V. POPPER'S LOGIC -- CHAPTER VI. INDUCTIVE LANGUAGE -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER VII. BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE -- I -- II -- CHAPTER VIII. SECOND GUESSING RESEARCH -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER IX. TRANSLATABILITY AS A NORM IN QUINE -- CHAPTER X. GOODMAN'S PICTORIAL WORLDMAKING -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER XI. DAVIDSON'S PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUATION -- CHAPTER XII. DUMMETT'S MOLECULAR MODEL OF LANGUAGE -- CHAPTER XIII. RAISING THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER XIV. KRIPKE ON SENSE AND REFERENCE -- CHAPTER XV. KRIPKE ON NATURAL KINDS AND POSSIBLE WORLDS -- CHAPTER XVI. POSSIBLE WORLDS AND HUMAN FREEDOM -- INDEX.
Abstract:
This monograph explores the relationship between method and language. The notion of method is inherent in everything we can claim to understand. The language conventions which make a question meaningful cannot be challenged at the same time the problem is posed. Problems exist only relatively to accepted ways of thinking and doing; verification or falsification can take place only when we agree what hypotheses are in question. Our ability to be rational and critical - that is, to apply logic to our beliefs - depends on the kinds of distinctions we are able to make in our language.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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