文档介绍：The Influence of Language upon the Development of Scientific Thought
Ernst Cassirer
The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 39, No. 12. (Jun. 4, 1942), pp. 309-327.
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Mon Dec 25 13:51:42 2006
VOLUMEXXXIX, No. 12
THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE UPON THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
HE mathematician L. E. J. Brouwer, one of the founders of
T so-called mathematical intuitionism, in one of the papers in
which he attempts to explain and prove his fundamental con-
ceptions, says that mathematics, science, and language are the
principle functions of man's intellectual activity. It is by these
functions, declares Brouwer, that man es able to govern na-
ture and maintain order in the midst of If this be true it
would seem to be one of the most interesting problems as well as
one of the most important tasks of philosophy to investigate the
logical character of these three functions and to elucidate their
relations