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"All of the other Ways of Knowing are controlled by language." What does this statement mean and do you think it is a fair representation of the relationship between perception, emotion, reason, and language?  

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"All of the other Ways of Knowing are controlled by language." What does this statement mean and do you think it is a fair representation of the relationship between perception, emotion, reason, and language? There are four ways of knowing: emotion, reason, language and perception, all from which derive from the "knower". These ways of knowing are all intertwined, and without language, one cannot express emotion, reason and perception. I believe that all ways of knowing are controlled by language, and is, therefore, a fair representation of the relationship between emotion, reason, perception and language. "All of the other Ways of Knowing are controlled by language", means that the only way to convey the Ways of Knowing is through language. Using language as a basis for the other Ways of Knowing, the various interpretations of language control emotion, reason and perception. The word "language", in the Merriam-Webster...

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