The Construction of the Terminology

Abstract

Now a terminology shall be “reconstructed” step-by-step, according to the principle of methodical order, with the goal of providing reliable knowledge about the three-dimensionality of space. The word “reconstruct” is supposed to suggest that it is not a matter of inventing an artificial language here, but merely a matter of explicitly reenacting distinctions which are already known. In so doing, ordinary language must be taken into consideration, as well as the usual distinctions of the relevant branches of science. One must certainly pay heed, for example, to logical or methodical incompatibilities in the familiar ways of speaking. Thus, the greater exactitude of an explicit regulation of language often requires a deviation from accustomed language usage.