case studies in the cognitive science of science /
First Statement of Responsibility
András Kertész.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
J. Benjamins,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 261 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Converging evidence in language and communication research,
Volume Designation
v. 4
ISSN of Series
1566-7774 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cognitive Semantics and Scientific Knowledge -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Preliminaries -- 1. On the cognitive turn -- 2. Two metascientific extensions of cognitive semantics -- Part II. Prospects: Theoretical terms -- 3. The background -- 4. Case study: A holistic approach to the problem of theoretical terms -- 5. Case study: A modular appoach to the problem of theoretical terms -- 6. Conclusions -- Part III. Prospects: Sociological extensions -- 7. The background -- 8. Case study: A sociological extensionof the modular approach -- 9. Case study: A sociological extensionof the holistic approach -- 10. Conclusions: Prospects -- Part IV. Limits -- 11. The background -- 12. Case study: The sceptical dilemma of cognitive semantics -- 13. Two case studies: Cognitive semantics and classic philosophical problems -- 14 Conclusions: Limits -- 15 Summary: The solution to the main problem -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The book focuses on the question of how and to what extent cognitive semantic approaches can contribute to the new field of the cognitive science of science. The argumentation is based on a series of instructive case studies which are intended to test the prospects and limits of the metascientific application of both holistic and modular cognitive semantics. The case studies show that, while cognitive semantic research is able to solve problems which have traditionally been the domain of the philosophy of science, it also encounters serious limits. The prospects and the limits thus revealed suggest new research topics which in future can be tackled by cognitive semantic approaches to the cognitive science of science.
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Title
Cognitive semantics and scientific knowledge.
International Standard Book Number
9789027238900
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cognitive grammar.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science-- Philosophy.
Semantics.
Connaissance, Théorie de la.
Grammaire cognitive.
Sciences-- Philosophie.
Sémantique.
Cognitieve linguïstiek.
Cognitive grammar.
Knowledge, Theory of.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Semantics.