Descriptive Metaphysics, Natural Language Metaphysics, Sapir-Whorf, and All That Stuff: Evidence from the Mass-Count Distinction

Strawson (1959) described ‘descriptive metaphysics’, Bach (1986a) described ‘natural language metaphysics’, Sapir (1929) and Whorf (1940a,b, 1941) describe, well, Sapir-Whor?anism. And there are other views concerning the relation between correct semantic analysis of linguistic phenomena and the “re...

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Published inBaltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication Vol. 6; no. 1
Main Author Pelletier, Francis Jeffry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Prairie Press 01.01.2010
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Proceeding of the Symposium for Cognition, Logic and Communication
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Summary:Strawson (1959) described ‘descriptive metaphysics’, Bach (1986a) described ‘natural language metaphysics’, Sapir (1929) and Whorf (1940a,b, 1941) describe, well, Sapir-Whor?anism. And there are other views concerning the relation between correct semantic analysis of linguistic phenomena and the “reality” that is supposed to be thereby described. I think some considerations from the analyses of the mass-count distinction can shed some light on that very dark topic.
ISSN:1944-3676
1944-3676
DOI:10.4148/biyclc.v6i0.1570