On the Rationalisation of Language

• Authors: Anna Jedynak

Title variants

PL

O racjonalizacji języka

EN

On the Rationalisation of Language

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The rationalisation of language is, according to K. Ajdukiewicz, a developmental tendency of the language, which inevitably accompanies the development of empirical knowledge. It is the transformation of well-established empirical generalisations into language axioms. It is accompanied by the reinforcement of contents of notions and by enriching the meaning-relations between expressions. Rationalisation results in sharpening as well as narrowing of the cognitive perspective. Inner inconsistency of linguistic rules may then occur, and it is apparent in the new type of experiences. It is hollowed by a radical change of scientific theory; this change relates not only to statements, but also to the content of notions. The development and the change of the paradigmas in Kuhn's philosophy has similar character.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-54

Dates

published

2005-03-01

Contributors

author

Anna Jedynak