Language and thinking

[Sriram]

Hi everyone,

The influence of the language that we speak...on our thinking.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221103-how-language-warps-the-way-you-perceive-time-and-space

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it appears that language can have a fascinating effect on the way we think about time and space.

The relationship between language and our perception of these two important dimensions is at the heart of a long-debated question: is thinking something universal and independent of language, or are our thoughts instead determined by it?

a growing number of experts believe language can influence how we think just as our thoughts and culture can shape how language develops. "It actually goes both ways," argues Thora Tenbrink, a linguist at Bangor University, in the UK.

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Cheers.

Sriram

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Hi everyone,

The influence of the language that we speak...on our thinking.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221103-how-language-warps-the-way-you-perceive-time-and-space

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it appears that language can have a fascinating effect on the way we think about time and space.

The relationship between language and our perception of these two important dimensions is at the heart of a long-debated question: is thinking something universal and independent of language, or are our thoughts instead determined by it?

a growing number of experts believe language can influence how we think just as our thoughts and culture can shape how language develops. "It actually goes both ways," argues Thora Tenbrink, a linguist at Bangor University, in the UK.

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Cheers.

Sriram

I recall a new scientist article where quantum scientist are reaching out to native american academics and civilians because the english language may not have the words or concepts to express their findings and hypotheses.

Also apparently there are 40 human groups in the world who have no linguistic framework to cover the terms natural and supernatural...and yet there is a guy on here demanding a methodology for evaluating the supernatural.

[Harrowby Hall]

Ideas like these have been around for a considerable time.

have a look at the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

[Nearly Sane]

I recall a new scientist article where quantum scientist are reaching out to native american academics and civilians because the english language may not have the words or concepts to express their findings and hypotheses.

Also apparently there are 40 human groups in the world who have no linguistic framework to cover the terms natural and supernatural...and yet there is a guy on here demanding a methodology for evaluating the supernatural.

That would be me. Your position would be that if a language doesn't have a word for amoeba that is some how evidence that amoebas do not exist, which would be idiotic.