TERMINOLOGIA Y DISCURSO ENTRE LAS CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y LAS HUMANIDADES

Authors

  • Robert de Beaugrande
  • Carmen Acuña Partal

Keywords:

Episternology, terminology, discourse, knowledge access, knowledge construction

Abstract

The epistemology of the 'West' (roughly, Europe and its sphere of influence) has been heavily content-oriented. Each knowledge domain, ranging from a subject matter taught in school up to 'classical science', is held to consist chiefly of a compartment of If acts'. Terminology is naturally held to be a clear and straightforward refraction of these facts and of the 'objects' they involve. The role of terminology has accordingly been conceived too simply and narrowly. Significant progress demands a new 'post-classical' model of discourse as a mode for accessing and constructing knowledge and hence as antecedent rather than consequent to facts. This insight suggest a comprehensive research and development plan for the coming years. I f successful, such a plan could have paradigm significance for discourse throughout the sciences.

Author Biographies

Robert de Beaugrande

Institut für Anglistik, Universitat Wien UniversitatsstraBe

Carmen Acuña Partal

Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Francesa Universidad de Málaga.

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