TY - CHAP
T1 - The Language(s) of Sailing
AU - Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Having sailed for many years along the coasts of Italy, Southern France, Eastern United States and the Caribbean, I had to learn the essential sailing terminology in several languages. I am interested in a number of commonalities and differences between these technical languages. Different histories and different styles are embodied in these words. The meaning of each word in the language, in all languages, always contains a point of view, a way of looking at the world. In the sciences, by contract (sort of) we do our best to give objective references to the terms we use. In the domain of technology the semantics is a bit more complicated. Human actions contribute to meaning and reference. And so is, I think, for the core concepts in sailing. Something external (out there), something we do, and a “point of view” on all this.
AB - Having sailed for many years along the coasts of Italy, Southern France, Eastern United States and the Caribbean, I had to learn the essential sailing terminology in several languages. I am interested in a number of commonalities and differences between these technical languages. Different histories and different styles are embodied in these words. The meaning of each word in the language, in all languages, always contains a point of view, a way of looking at the world. In the sciences, by contract (sort of) we do our best to give objective references to the terms we use. In the domain of technology the semantics is a bit more complicated. Human actions contribute to meaning and reference. And so is, I think, for the core concepts in sailing. Something external (out there), something we do, and a “point of view” on all this.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-89639-3_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-89639-3_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85131320167
T3 - Studies in Brain and Mind
SP - 65
EP - 72
BT - Studies in Brain and Mind
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -