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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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TOK ESSAY "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. Johan Oxenstierna Candidate Number: 000198032 08/02/2005 Word count: 1595 A knower can be defined as a rational, language-using animal. The knower's rationality most certainly emerges from the different ways of knowing and should, according to the above definition be associated with language. To understand this connection is key in this essay but sorrowfully there are many different points of view on the matter. One argument agrees with the essay title because language, it is believed, must be used for the other ways of knowing to be expressed, taught and learnt. But then the question arises: Cannot emotion, perception and reason evolve internally, from inside a rational animal without external affection? This topic has been greatly discussed but there has...
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