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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy Harris |
| ISBN: | 0826484506 9780826484505 0826478476 9780826478474 |
| OCLC Number: | 61270946 |
| Description: | xvi, 219 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Language and the Aristotelian scientist -- Before and after Aristotle -- Semantics and the Royal Society -- Science in the kitchen -- The rhetoric of linguistic science -- Mathematics and the language of science -- Science and common sense -- Supercategory semantics -- Integrating science -- Appendix 1 : Einstein on science and reality -- Appendix 2 : Heisenberg on language. |
| Responsibility: | Roy Harris. |
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"RH's arguments stand out all the more cogently through his choice of largely accessible language, which is supported by an impeccably proofread text. His new book combines intense scholarship with keen insight, often sarcastic, into a thoroughly entertaining read" - The Linguist List Read more...
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