The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis argues that language provides categories through which social reality is defined and constructed. It argues that thinking and perception are not only expressed through language but also shaped by language. Pic related: It's Edward Sapir.

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Anonymous Fri Oct 21 11:11:35 2011 No.2151601 [Reply] [Original]

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis argues that language provides categories through which social reality is defined and constructed. It argues that thinking and perception are not only expressed through language but also shaped by language.

Pic related: It's Edward Sapir.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 21 11:31:35 2011 No.2151624 This is why /lit/ likes Wittgenstein.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 21 12:21:35 2011 No.2151690 >>2151624 I'm not even sure I understand Wittgenstein's position on language. Is it the same as Sapir and Whorf?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 21 12:23:35 2011 No.2151694 Yes but it's hugely wrong and based upon falsified evidence.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 21 12:53:35 2011 No.2151735 File: 41 KB, 329x500, The Language Instinct.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct does a pretty good job of explaining why the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is false.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 21 13:08:35 2011 No.2151746 >>2151624 /lit/ likes Wittgenstein because he was an arrogant twat who thought he knew everything, just like them

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>>2151735
>>2151601
i think that it is useless to prove him "wrong"
his work is not to be taken literally
these kind of "extremes" should be taken as a start point for the debate
i find his thesis really interesting

>>2151746
damn, that risks of being truth
havent read any of him
but ive got three introductory books
the tractatus and the investigations

Anonymous Fri Oct 21 21:39:35 2011 No.2152236

>>2151735
>>2151601
i think that it is useless to prove him "wrong"
his work is not to be taken literally
these kind of "extremes" should be taken as a start point for the debate
i find his thesis really interesting

>>2151746
damn, that risks of being truth
havent read any of him
but ive got three introductory books
the tractatus and the investigations to read this week

(why cant i upload images!?)

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