From Rules of Grammar to Laws of Nature
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| Title: | From Rules of Grammar to Laws of Nature |
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| Description: | We look at questions debated by pre-Socratic philosophers, emphasize their linguistic motivation and point out attempted answers by modern physics. We pursue a mathematical treatment of the syntax and morphology of natural languages, investigate the foundations of mathematics and speculate about a quaternionic approach to special relativistic quantum mechanics. |
| Authors: | Lambek, Joachim |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Mathematical linguistics, Computational linguistics, Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammar categories, Language and languages--Philosophy, Language and logic, Natural law--Philosophy, Semantics (Philosophy) |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | We look at questions debated by pre-Socratic philosophers, emphasize their linguistic motivation and point out attempted answers by modern physics. We pursue a mathematical treatment of the syntax and morphology of natural languages, investigate the foundations of mathematics and speculate about a quaternionic approach to special relativistic quantum mechanics. |
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| ISBN: | 9781631172502 9781631173325 |
