Fred56 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Language is a problem for Science. Because the idea is precision, and accuracy of observation (the act), this means that understanding of what is, in fact, being looked for, and how too 'see' it, are crucial to the methods employed. A scientist needs a bag of precision tools; ones which he is confident will prepare him with something with which he can do his job reliably; language, something everyone else (who may not be as concerned about their toolkit) uses, must be prepared similarly: jargon and terminology appear, and a model, an idea of the necessary work involved, is easier to construct for the practitioners of any method. All technological and research endeavour is itself "prepared by" the tools of science, of course. A bit like a tradesman being prepared by preparing his tools properly, or something. One big problem is the way we constantly substitute nouns for verbs, or actions for the products of those actions (English, in particular, is chock-full of such terms). Even the word "action" is used to mean some work or cycle, and also to mean its result, i.e. the thing it produces. Even in Math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooeypoo Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 What is wrong with you.. Reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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