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The Boundaries of Communication: What Defines a Language? Can Mathematics, Logic, and Music be Considered Languages?
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The Boundaries of Communication: What Defines a Language? Can Mathematics, Logic, and Music be Considered Languages? Josh Farr IB2 Theory of Knowledge Dr. D. Churchward Final Word Count: 1,435 Mathematics, logic, and music are three very different disciplines with one common thread between them: their role in transferring information. In terms of the acquisition of knowledge, all three of these fields can aid an individual's intellectual enlightenment. However apt mathematics, logic, and music are at conveying information, they are not means of direct communication per se. This is what separates these media from verbal language. In order to test any of these three subjects, one must ask the questions, "Can I have a fluid and continuously variable dialogue using this form of expression?" and, "Can I express and argue my opinion through this medium?" In doing this, it is possible to specify the definition of "language" and therefore assess any of the three subjects'...
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