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Does language help or hinder the way we acquire knowledge?
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... Theory of Knowledge Does language help or hinder the way we acquire knowledge? Language is something that humans have used almost since the beginning. It is combination of sound that is used to communicate between people one of the fundamental parts of a community. It is something that is incredibly important to us. Our language allows us to do many things. We use it to express our thoughts, connect with others and also for our knowledge. In these ways, language makes things a lot easier for us in facilitating our thoughts and helping to develop them as well. In fact, it can be argued that thinking requires having a natural mental language, such as English. We think in this language, and without such a language, much of our thought would make no sense. Therefore much of our knowledge acquisition is mostly based on our language. We acquire knowledge through the guidance
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