Stanislav Lem on the philosophy of language: recovery from fragments of phrases
https://doi.org/10.17726/philIT.2021.2.6
Abstract
This article examines some of S. Lem’s statements about his philosophical and worldview positions regarding the mysterious nature of language and the linguistic sign, the connection between language, mind and reality. The main goal of the paper is to understand what texts on the philosophy of language the Polish thinker read and what attitude he has formed towards them. Lem is the follower of an analytical intellectual culture that focuses on the naturalistic worldview and the consequences of the “linguistic turn” in Western philosophy. For Lem, language is not only an interesting philosophical object, but also a complex precise instrument of his own creative thinking. In this regard, the philosophy of language for a writer cannot be based only on logical-linguistic atomistic methodology. Lem seeks (and finds) in his contemporary interdisciplinary methods ways to combine realistic and anti-realist positions. Many concepts, such as “the effect of semantic transparency”, “polymorphic language model”, “variation model” are quite correlated with modern theories of language and require additional philosophical comments.
About the Author
P. N. Baryshnikov
Pyatigorsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Baryshnikov Pavel N., Doctor of science (in Philosophy), assistant professor, Department of Historical, Socio-Philosophical Disciplines, Oriental Studies and Theology
Pyatigorsk
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Baryshnikov P.N. Stanislav Lem on the philosophy of language: recovery from fragments of phrases. Philosophical Problems of IT & Cyberspace (PhilIT&C). 2021;(2):94-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17726/philIT.2021.2.6
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