Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
Published on 29. March 2022
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-262-04661-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Argues that the primary function of language is not to describe the physical world but to manage the social one. Aimed at a general readership"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
33
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
588 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04661-9 (9780262046619)
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Person
N.J. Enfield
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
I Mapped by Language
1 Coordinating around Reality 11
2 Schelling's Game 25
3 Language and Nature 37
II Nudged by Language
4 Priming and Overshadowing 63
5 Linguistic Relativity 87
6 Communicative Need 99
7 Framing and Inversion 111
III Made by Language
8 Russell's Conjugation and Wittgenstein's Ruler 127
9 Stories and What They Do to Us 149
10 Social Glue 161
11 Sense Making 179
Conclusion 195
Notes 203
Bibliography 263
Index 293
Introduction 1
I Mapped by Language
1 Coordinating around Reality 11
2 Schelling's Game 25
3 Language and Nature 37
II Nudged by Language
4 Priming and Overshadowing 63
5 Linguistic Relativity 87
6 Communicative Need 99
7 Framing and Inversion 111
III Made by Language
8 Russell's Conjugation and Wittgenstein's Ruler 127
9 Stories and What They Do to Us 149
10 Social Glue 161
11 Sense Making 179
Conclusion 195
Notes 203
Bibliography 263
Index 293