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This volume brings together a diverse range of scholars to address
important philosophical and interdisciplinary questions in the
study of language. Linguistics throughout history has been a
conduit to the study of the mind, brain, societal structure,
literature and history itself. The epistemic and methodological
transfer between the sciences and humanities in regards to
linguistics has often been documented, but the underlying
philosophical issues have not always been adequately addressed.
With 15 original and interdisciplinary chapters, this volume
therefore tackles vital questions relating to the philosophy,
history, and theoretical interplay between the study of language
and fields as varied as logic, physics, biology, classical
philology and neuroscience. With a four part structure, questions
of the mathematical foundations of linguistics, links to the
natural sciences, cognitive implications and historical
connections, take centre stage throughout the volume. The final
chapters present research related to the linguistic connections
between history, philosophy and the humanities more broadly.
Advancing new avenues of research, this volume is exemplary in its
treatment of diachronic and cross-disciplinary interaction, and
will be of interest to all scholars interested in the study of
language.
This volume brings together a diverse range of scholars to address
important philosophical and interdisciplinary questions in the
study of language. Linguistics throughout history has been a
conduit to the study of the mind, brain, societal structure,
literature and history itself. The epistemic and methodological
transfer between the sciences and humanities in regards to
linguistics has often been documented, but the underlying
philosophical issues have not always been adequately addressed.
With 15 original and interdisciplinary chapters, this volume
therefore tackles vital questions relating to the philosophy,
history, and theoretical interplay between the study of language
and fields as varied as logic, physics, biology, classical
philology and neuroscience. With a four part structure, questions
of the mathematical foundations of linguistics, links to the
natural sciences, cognitive implications and historical
connections, take centre stage throughout the volume. The final
chapters present research related to the linguistic connections
between history, philosophy and the humanities more broadly.
Advancing new avenues of research, this volume is exemplary in its
treatment of diachronic and cross-disciplinary interaction, and
will be of interest to all scholars interested in the study of
language.
What is a language? What do scientific grammars tell us about the
structure of individual languages and human language in general?
What kind of science is linguistics? These and other questions are
the subject of Ryan M. Nefdt's Language, Science, and Structure.
Linguistics presents a unique and challenging subject matter for
the philosophy of science. As a special science, its formalisation
and naturalisation inspired what many consider to be a scientific
revolution in the study of mind and language. Yet radical internal
theory change, multiple competing frameworks, and issues of
modelling and realism have largely gone unaddressed in the field.
Nefdt develops a structural realist perspective on the philosophy
of linguistics which aims to confront the aforementioned topics in
new ways while expanding the outlook toward new scientific
connections and novel philosophical insights. On this view,
languages are real patterns which emerge from complex biological
systems. Nefdt's exploration of this novel view will be especially
valuable to those working in formal and computational linguistics,
cognitive science, and the philosophies of science, mathematics,
and language.
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