Biolinguistics and Platonism: Contradictory or Consilient?

被引:0
|
作者
Watumull, Jeffrey [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Theoret & Appl Linguist, Sidgwick Ave, Cambridge CB3 9DA, England
[2] MIT, Dept Linguist & Philosophy, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
来源
BIOLINGUISTICS | 2013年 / 7卷
关键词
biolinguistics; discrete infinity; ontology; Platonism; Turing machine;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
H [语言、文字];
学科分类号
05 ;
摘要
It has been argued that language is a Platonic object, and therefore that a biolinguistic ontology is incoherent. In particular, the notion of language as a system of discrete infinity has been argued to be inconsistent with the assumption of a physical (finite) basis for language. These arguments are flawed. Here I demonstrate that biolinguistics and mathematical Platonism are not mutually exclusive and contradictory, but in fact mutually reinforcing and consilient in a coherent and compelling philosophy of language. This consilience is effected by Turing's proof of the coherency of a finitary procedure generative of infinite sets.
引用
收藏
页码:301 / 315
页数:15
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] The Platonism of Pavel Tichy
    Sebela, Karel
    FILOSOFICKY CASOPIS, 2016, 64 (06): : 931 - 943
  • [22] Platonism Versus Naturalism
    Gerson, Lloyd P.
    PLATONISM, 2024, : 133 - 150
  • [23] Platonism and the Bible(s)
    Cook, Johann
    HTS TEOLOGIESE STUDIES-THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, 2022, 78 (01):
  • [24] On the Notion of "Godlikeness" in Platonism
    Fan, Li
    UNIVERSITAS-MONTHLY REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE, 2021, 48 (03): : 155 - 170
  • [25] PLATONISM AND THE WORLD CRISIS
    Dillon, John
    SCHOLE-FILOSOFSKOE ANTIKOVEDENIE I KLASSICHESKAYA TRADITSIYA-SCHOLE-ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, 2007, 1 (01): : 7 - +
  • [26] The statute of Biolinguistics: relevant theoretical-ontological foundations
    da Silva Penz, Yuri Fernando
    Ibanos, Ana Maria T.
    REVISTA VIRTUAL DE ESTUDOS DA LINGUAGEM-REVEL, 2018, 16 (31): : 63 - 90
  • [27] Godel - Husserl - Platonism
    Elsby, Charlene
    Buldt, Bernd
    META-RESEARCH IN HERMENEUTICS PHENOMENOLOGY AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY, 2019, 11 (02) : 358 - 401
  • [28] Uexkull, Peirce, and Other Affinities Between Biosemiotics and Biolinguistics
    Augustyn, Prisca
    BIOSEMIOTICS, 2009, 2 (01) : 1 - 17
  • [29] Why and how platonism?
    Haddock, Guillermo E. Rosado
    LOGIC JOURNAL OF THE IGPL, 2007, 15 (5-6) : 621 - 636
  • [30] Platonism in Slovenian Culture and Literature
    Kos, Janko
    PRIMERJALNA KNJIZEVNOST, 2023, 46 (02): : 115 - 136