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Doing exact scientific research is like driving in a big city; maneuvering among streets that have more than one lane. Scientists must be at ease in any of three lanes: the event/thing, the construct, and the language. This is because whatever qualifies as an ontological category may have three “faces.” One deals with the actual physical-biological event/thing. Another deals with the mental constructs used to think about the event/thing. The third deals with the words used to communicate thoughts about thoughts and about the event/thing. Not every word has two other faces, nor is every conceivable event/thing referred to by a concept that is designated by a word.
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© 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Leary, R.A. (1985). Interaction, “Interaction”, ‘Interaction’. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_3
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