The World and Language: The Ontology for Natural Language (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761835233)

The World and Language propounds the assumption that natural language is not linear. Linear languages are those in which an iteration of a sign is allowed. In contrast, in natural language-as it is assumed-an iteration of a term must have a different meaning than the initial term. Cogency of the notion of non-linearity is deemed to grow as its explanatory power is being revealed, though the idea of non-linearity itself does not seem to be contrary to common sense from the very beginning. Among the issues discussed in this book are the following: paradoxes; the concept of number; realism (as it should be understood within the concept); falsifiability, a peculiar aspect of the mind-body problem; universals; and other issues.

Author: Alexander Mitjashin
ISBN-10: 0761835237
ISBN-13: 9780761835233
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2006
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.06w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 264