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Is it possible to think without language? To what extent does language extend or even limit language?
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Is it possible to think without language? To what extent does language extend or even limit language? Nowadays language is very important because we depend on it to think and communicate with other people everyday. Language has the power to control what we know, change our identity, etc. Language is very powerful on humans. The meaning of language is communication by labeling our thoughts. Language is need for us to think. Our mind cannot think or imagine if there are no descriptions or label to transfer it so, we use the power of language. E.g. when we see a screen transmitting images we called it a television. Without any description (language) we would not differentiate from a table or a chair, so otherwise a television would be the same as table and table the same as chair. These descriptions of objects are linked to our thoughts so therefore language is essential for thought...
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