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Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP: Studies in honour of Heribert PichtEdited by Bassey E. Antia
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 8] 2007
► pp. 61–71
Epistemological aspects of indeterminacy in postmodernist science
This paper critically discusses the concept of ‘indeterminacy’ as it has developed over time in some scientific disciplines, in particular in their post-modernist communities. Against this background, some epistemological implications of the concept of ‘indeterminacy’ for terminology studies are suggested.
Keywords: modernism, postmodernism, science, terminology
Published online: 09 May 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.8.09bud
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.8.09bud
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