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Book SynopsisTranslating the World begins by showing how discursive and writing strategies contribute to the ontology and epistemology of science, which includes understanding the special ways in which science uses language, whether it is natural language, mathematics or other semiotic systems.
Trade Review?TW is a timely, challenging, empirically grounded, and theoretically sophisticated book?It is a very valuable attempt to construct a third culture in which the traditions of listening and suspicion are kept simultaneously alive. One couldn't have asked for more. -- Rajendra Singh, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada * Meta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy *
…TW is a timely, challenging, empirically grounded, and theoretically sophisticated book…It is a very valuable attempt to construct a third culture in which the traditions of listening and suspicion are kept simultaneously alive. One couldn't have asked for more. -- Rajendra Singh, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada * Meta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Writing Theories: Chapter 4 Writing Science Chapter 5 The Writing of Mathematics Chapter 6 The Text of Science Chapter 7 Making Meaning: Chapter 8 Theories and Meaning Chapter 9 Hermeneutics and Scientific Discourse Chapter 10 Making Meaning of the World Chapter 11 Science, Language and Translation: Chapter 12 Literature, Translation, and Science Chapter 13 Philosophy, Translation and Science Chapter 14 Mathematics, Language and Translation Chapter 15 Notes Chapter 16 Reference Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 Biographical Sketch
