Abstract

Words have a most important role in a science; for not only is communication of ideas indispensable if we are to have any science, but the symbology and framework of language used in this communication are also the very tools with which we think. We do not think first, and then afterwards translate the results into words. Instead, clear thinking and the correct use of words are essentially the same process.

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