Category Archives: Philosophy of Language

What is the link between language and consciousness?

“Scientists working on animal cognition often dwell on their desire to talk to the animals. Oddly enough, this particular desire must have passed me by, because I have never felt it. I am not waiting to hear what my animals … Continue reading

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The Coherentist’s Nightmare

The coherency theory of truth

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Logic, Knowledge Systems and World Views

The way of logic – 02 December 1995 – New Scientist FOR almost two centuries, anthropologists have been studying how non-European cultures understand the world around them. Now philosophers of science are getting in on the act. Armed with intellectual … Continue reading

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Language as a Window into Human Nature

Another excellent video from RSA Animate http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/

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Japanese Linguist Helps Revive an Aboriginal Language

What does it mean for the world to lose a language? http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3310650.htm TONY EASTLEY: It’s taken 40 years but from almost the ashes of extinction, an Aboriginal language has been saved and is again being spoken on Palm Island in … Continue reading

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20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World

There are at least 250,000 words in the English language. English – or any language – could never hold enough expression to convey the entirety of the human experience 

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Numbers and Language

Do we need language to understand the basics of numbers? Mind, Science. TOK. Numbers and Language (pdf)

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Language and Thought

Can language shape how we think? A Stanford researcher says yes, and her work speaks volumes about what makes people tick. TOK Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind. TOK Resource – Language and Thought

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Six ‘Uniquely Human’ Characteristics Now Found in Animals

New Scientist magazine review of six traits once thought unique to humans and now found in other animals. Philosophy of human nature, mind. 17:11 22 May 2008 NewScientist.com news service Kate Douglas To accompany the article So you think humans are … Continue reading

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