lx science accept editor recent challenge resume s thread miss before subscribe whether linguistics consider science assume everyone means newtonian science rather quantum relativity science current during century n argue while much our work scientific much our work beyond traditional definition science categorize solely science our longterm professional detriment uniquely position aim higher academic over century various prestige word desire assert rigor scientific word today prestige word since early s replace philosophical term academic indicate ultimate rigor truth before seventhcentury rome boethius logical prestige word n m confident sole reason most linguist claim linguistics science those few whom s rigorous sufficient describe side our work perhap instead our discipline professional prestige advancement academe align politically science best strategic move n is reason perhap talk together loud rather remain professional assumption reason consider science label include our unique perversity cultivate process work mean physicist friend once tell physics deal dimension mean s everything else deal physics longer science greg derry personal communication newtonian physics long hold model hard science principle exclude d mean principle th century physics is linguist ready mean include systemic mean structure order scientific is linguistics least much art science anyone provide reason categorize linguistics science context remark is nt something inclusive aim toward where s our model social soft science actually linguistics best potential candidate meaningfull model science discipline watch us decade after train our methodology delicate balance act consciousness between form mean e historical work compare form even language cant stop must aware whether change semantic category etc discipline call systems approach beyond modern structuralism n complementarity principle physics form mean linguistics complementary polar opposite both necessary total system work properly ala our own theory another matter terminological shackle meaningless science place our discipline continue dead metaphor meaningless science our attempt meaningfull theory build n notice historically treat those urge us move our theory level our methodology level system describe world uncertainty mutual interdependency rather monocertain anything chaotic attractor pull event toward material manifestation n instead one thing directly cause another whorf one step transform einstein s relativity principle limit geometry focus larger focus human language general call linguistic relativity principle n physics century deal deep linguistic question unfortunately lose most linguist deeper merger language philosophy ignore universalist perspective latter half century n linguistics department close rest academe ruthlessly render own selfserve judgement linguistics become irrelevant pseudoscience late th century please understand against scientific mode linguistics uniquely appropriate study form however appropriate study mean obvious reason answer let part overwhelm whole our entire discipline become scientific accept challenge develop theory principle meaningfull science discipline admire st century start claim linguistic claim ultimate rigor search truth notes n assume social science treat whorf attempt tell definition science science change underneath certainty otherwise nt need discussion n dineen boethius logic become prestige study day medieval s most precise respect intellectual tool hold same position intellectual world science hold serious study today must s cientific logical n however one christian de quincy write recently m ost scientist recognize limit science nor want power society support science one power possession science away corporation politician stand science society n consciousness anthropologist call s hamanic stance balance foot both world eastern philosopher probably talk interpenetration yin yang within tao david bohm dialogue j krishnamurtus n include pre relativity quantum scientific vocabulary cause d etermine especially link monocausal determinism even try project dead metaphor onto system e g sapir whorf pike lamb n per current chao theory mathematics those mathematics linguistics theory n einstein larger language issue mind talk radio speech bring ultimate connection between language mental development individual form concept depend high degree upon language us realize extent same language means same mentality n much need interest area reason logic philosophy grow grammar language most aware instance word karma long before term eastern philosophy denote process around around emphasis around experiential phenomenon term within system sanskrit linguistics mean d irect object verb jame ryan sanskrit philosophy scholar personal communication presentation society anthropology consciousness wellarticulate philosophy animacy native american language moonhawk fool hill sun down eye head world spin round john lennon 