Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1103264 Language Sciences 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

A review of The Semantics of Science by Roy Harris, with special attention to his discussion of Aristotle and science, chemical nomenclature, and Einstein’s twins.

► Integrationism does not preclude weak surrogationalism. ► Chemistry has perfected a successful surrogationalism. ► The distinction between real and nominal essences can be revised to provide a semantics for common substance words. ► ‘Scientist’ can be used retrospectively to integrate the methods of enquirers into nature ancient and modern. ► The semantics for the subanthropic world derives from models.

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