The Correspondence between Human Intelligibility and Physical Intelligibility: The View of Jean Ladrière

This article seeks to explain the correspondence between human intelligibility and that of the physical world by synthesizing the contributions of Jean Ladrière. Ladrière shows that the objectification function of formal symbolism in mathematics as an artificial language has operative power acquired...

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Autor principal: Lee, Kam-lun Edwin (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Wiley-Blackwell 1997
Em: Zygon
Ano: 1997, Volume: 32, Número: 1, Páginas: 65-81
Outras palavras-chave:B rational principle
B Jean Ladrière
B linguistic philosophy
B Correspondence
B intelligibility
B Formalism
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Resumo:This article seeks to explain the correspondence between human intelligibility and that of the physical world by synthesizing the contributions of Jean Ladrière. Ladrière shows that the objectification function of formal symbolism in mathematics as an artificial language has operative power acquired through algorithm to represent physical reality. In physical theories, mathematics relates to observations through theoretic and empirical languages mutually interacting in a methodological circle, and nonmathematical anticipatory intention guides mathematical algorithmic exploration. Ladrière reasons that mathematics can make the physical world comprehensible because of the presence of a rational principle in both kinds of intelligibility.
ISSN:1467-9744
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.711997071