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"All human thoughts come into existence by grasping the meaning and mastering the use language" Polanyi - Do you agree? Discuss what the author means in the quotation and from a language perspective discern how it relates to knowledge.
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"All human thoughts come into existence by grasping the meaning and mastering the use language" Polanyi Do you agree? Discuss what the author means in the quotation and from a language perspective discern how it relates to knowledge. Does Polanyi anticipate that a human thought only exist by combining the denotation and the skilful use of language? Or does he mean that thoughts are present in our head, but their existence to others is only displayed, if we have spoken about these thoughts. Considering these aspects I took a journey through my day, searching for clues, which could clarify Polanyi´s intension with his statement and my personal point of view. The first thing making me think about thoughts combined with language was when I read the newspaper, the part with gossip about celebrities. "Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck broke up", just seconds after I perused that line, my mind was full of...
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