On What We Know We Don't Know

Explanation, Theory, Linguistics, and How Questions Shape Them

Sylvain Bromberger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

1993
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-07539-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In this collection of essays, Bromberger explores the centrality of questions and predicaments they create in scientific research. He discusses the nature of explanation, theory, and the foundations of linguistics.

Inhalt

Introduction 1: An Approach to Explanation 2: A Theory about the Theory of Theory and about the Theory of Theories 3: Why-Questions 4: Questions 5: Science and the Forms of Ignorance 6: Rational Ignorance 7: What We Don't Know When We Don't Know Why 8: Types and Tokens in Linguistics 9: The Ontology of Phonology Sylvain Bromberger, Morris Halle. Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.1993
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 16 x 24 mm
• Gewicht: 567 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
• ISBN-10: 0-226-07539-7 / 0226075397
• ISBN-13: 978-0-226-07539-6 / 9780226075396
• Zustand: Neuware