CHANGEABLE RIGOR OF THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE

Abstract

Nowadays there is a widely spread opinion about strict monosemy of the language of science which often occurs in general scientific discourse. However, such concept of the language of science can be one of the methodological reasons which prevent deep understanding of the importance of innovations in science, tie up the development of scientific knowledge in general and create barriers in the theory of knowledge. The research has been conducted to point out the peculiarities of dynamics of scientific language in the process of scientific knowledge growth. Hypothetico-deductive method and the principle of opposition of material and ideal categories help to reveal special characteristics of such a complex system as the language of science. The language of science not only reflects the variety of scientific knowledge structure, but also has an impact on the genesis and transformation of scientific discourse in whole. In the research monosemy of the language of science is analyzed and defined as an ideal model of scientific knowledge arrangement, which can be determined as a new stage of scientific knowledge development. The analysis of the role of metaphoric expressions taken in conjunction with visibility principle has been carried out for this purpose. The conclusions reached in the research let study the structure of scientific knowledge and performance features of the language of a concrete science deeper, promote the development of analytical and heuristic abilities of students and young scientists.