Translating the World : Science and Language
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761822720
ISBN-13
9780761822721
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 2nd, 2002
Print length
188 Pages
Weight
240 grams
Dimensions
14.20 x 21.60 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of science
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Translating the World begins by showing how discursive and writing strategies contribute to the ontology and epistemology of science, which includes understanding the special ways in which science uses language, whether it is natural language, mathematics or other semiotic systems.
Translating the World begins by showing how discursive and writing strategies contribute to the ontology and epistemology of science, which includes understanding the special ways in which science uses language, whether it is natural language, mathematics or other semiotic systems. What this study reveals is that mathematics is not simply about logic and deduction, but also has unique strategies of writing its ''alphabets,'' uses rhetoric, draws upon metaphorical images and has an essential relationship to natural language.
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