@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Hacking,Ian}, subject = {Language}, note = {I 228 Language/Hacking: thesis: language was invented out of boredom, to tell each other jokes around the campfire. (The thesis goes back to the Leakey family). Thesis: the first word that was needed was something to express: "real", e.g. "No, not this, but this here is real": The rest could be pointed at. >"Real"/Austin, >Reference, >Pointing. Even before the name (for absent objects) was available one needed logical constants. >Logical constants. Instead of "Me Tarzan, you Jane": "This real". Once a way of representing is found (e.g. pointing), it is followed by a second-order term. >Representation. VsHacking: it is pointless to set up a theory that cannot be confirmed. >Method. >Language evolution.}, note = { Hacking I I. Hacking Representing and Intervening. Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh 1983 German Edition: Einführung in die Philosophie der Naturwissenschaften Stuttgart 1996 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=268986} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=268986} }