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Re: brief survey

From:Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder@...>
Date:Friday, September 9, 2005, 16:36
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:58:26 -0400, Trent Pehrson
<pehr099@...> wrote:

> >1) Do you consider yourself a linguist?
Yes
>2) Given only the following labels, which best describes linguistics >as a discipline for you? (a) a scientific discipline (b) a philosophical >discipline.
[B]
>3) Given only the following definitions, which comes closest to >describing the purpose of linguistics for you? (a) learning to speak many >languages. (b) learning the structures of languages. (c) learning how >language works in the human mind. (d) defining and cataloging languages. >(e) defining language at large. (e) the humanistic study of language and >literature.
[C]
>4) Do you consider yourself a scientist?
Yes
>5) Given only the following definitions, which comes closest to >describing the purpose of science for you? (a) the search for truth. (b) >use of the scientific method to create theories by proving or disproving >hypotheses (c) the process of discovering natural laws.
[A]
>6) Do you consider yourself a philosopher?
Yes
>7) Given only the following definitions, which comes closest to >describing the purpose of philosophy for you? (a) the search for truth. >(b) the pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline. >(c) the study of the nature of reality based on logical reasoning rather >than empirical methods. (d) a critical analysis of fundamental assumptions >or beliefs. (e) a discipline comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, >metaphysics, and epistemology.
[E]
> >Thanks. >Trent P.
De nada! Ingmar Roerdinkholder