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"All of the other ways of knowing are controlled by language." What does this statement mean and do you think its a fair representation of the relashionship 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 its a fair representation of the relashionship between perception, emotion, reason and language? The first stage in a argument like this one, is to analize in depth what the meanings of emotion, perception, language and reason are. Starting with language, we can say that is a whole body of words and combinations of words as used in common by a nation, people or race, for the purpose of expressing or communicating their thoughts; also, more widely, the power of expressing thought by verbal utterance. Moreover is the sistematic communication by vocal symbols. It is an universal characteristic of the human species. There is nothing that we know of its origin, although there has been evidence of scientific experiments, that there is a gene that contributes to the human ability to use...
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