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Does Langage Limit Perception, Reason and Emotion?
Summary: This essay examines the ways in which language defines and limits our understanding of the world. The author argues that in most ways, perception and reason are controlled by language, but that the experience of emotion is more complex, and often can't be put into words. The issue is explored in detail.
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein put it very well in my opinion when he stated, "The limits of my language are the limits of my world." (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 5.6) I believe that what he meant by this was that without language, he would not be able to express his thoughts, feelings, or what he sees. Language is defined by Merriam-Webster as "a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings." (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary) Language controls all Ways of Knowing and language then also controls the characteristics and restrictions of knowledge.
"All other Ways of Knowing are controlled by language." This statement means that language controls all forms of knowledge. Knowledge is defined as the state or fact of knowing. With this definition, the statement is actually saying that without language there is no knowing. I agree with this...
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