Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 533 g
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 533 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
ISBN: 978-0-521-82599-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
According to the received tradition, the language used to refer to natural kinds in scientific discourse remains stable even as theories about these kinds are refined. Hence, scientists discover, rather than stipulate, that sentences like 'Whales are mammals, not fish' are true. In this illuminating book, Joseph LaPorte argues that scientists do not discover that sentences about natural kinds, like 'Whales are mammals, not fish', are true rather than false. Instead, scientists find that these sentences were vague in the language of earlier speakers, and they refine the meanings of the relevant natural-kind terms to make the sentences true. Hence, scientists change the meanings of these terms. This conclusion prompts LaPorte to examine the consequences of this change in meaning for the issue of incommensurability and for the progress of science.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
- Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Mietrecht, Wohnungsrecht, Pachtrecht, Leasing
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; 1. What is a natural kind, and do biological taxa qualify?; 2. Natural kinds, rigidity, and essence; 3. Biological kind term reference and the discovery of essence; 4. Chemical kind term reference and the discovery of essence; 5. Linguistic change and incommensurability; 6. Meaning change, theory change and analyticity.
