...[2] seem, to quote with approval the following statement by the philosopher, Charles Pierce: ". . . it is wrong to say that a good language is important...thought, merely; for it is of the essence of it." Anthropological writers, like Lee [10], Thompson [14] and Whorf [15], likewise insist that the form...

...later years, this identity tends to be only more explicitly portrayed, as in this 1903 pronouncement: "It is wrong to say that a good language is important to good thought, merely; for it is the essence of it.... Every symbol is a living thing, in a very strict sense that is no mere figure...

...of modern logic cannot be overestimated. According to Peirce: "The woof and warp of all thought and research is symbols, and the life of thought and science...language is important to good thought, merely, for it is the essence of it." * We must therefore inquire into the function and value of symbols. 1. The Generic...

...signs, Peirce writes, thinking well and using good terminology are scarcely distinguishable; and so "it is wrong to say that a good language is important...thought, merely; for it is of the essence of it"; the more so, he continues, as inquiry advances. And since scientific inquiry must unavoidably be the...

...thought whatsoever is a sign, and is mostly of the nature of language " (5.421 ; my ital.). Also, "... The woof and warp of all thought and all research...thought, merely ; for it is of the essence of it" (2.220). relations) and does not apply to such logical words as ' and ', 'not', 'if, etc. So far as...