Can you tell me the book in which Wittgenstein said the above phrase?
2007-03-25 02:01:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There is a hypothesis of linguistics called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. It says that the language one speaks affects the perception that one has of the world. One of the reasons to learn other languages is to be able to experience this for yourself. Translations are, at best, approximations of the original work.
Wikiquote attributes this to Wittgenstein, but does not cite the source.
2007-03-25 03:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Seosamh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Words cannot say what words cannot say.
Words are merely a representation of an event. it is NOT the event. so when you are talking to someone you use the words you use and you assume that they perceive the words you speak the same way that you intend them. this is not the case and is never the case.
I have to disagree with the wittgenstein quote. The quote implies that everyone in a culture perceives things in the same way. How do you know how anyone perceives anything? Also an experience is an experience until of course you try to quantify and describe an experience with language.
ok to sum up. Language is NOT the experience therefore language is not synonomous with perception.
But to falsify the above statement I would say that it is almost impossible to not use language to quantify an event and so my argument is pointless. DAMN!
2007-03-25 03:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somewhat Different
2016-12-18 04:39:32 · answer #3 · answered by trif 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like Philosophical Grammar to me. Speaking different languages definitely gives you an edge, other angles, other views. It also makes you feel differently. The semantic charge somehow affects emotions and/or the other way around.
I love this one:
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
And this one:
Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.
Enjoy!
2007-03-25 04:39:10 · answer #4 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you please tell me what that book is and who Wittgenstein is.
In my view speaking is not a perception - hearing is. If you speak a different language the listeners may feel you have been visited / possessed by the spirit from a different world.
2007-03-25 03:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by smartobees 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not think so. But if you learned a different culture, then it is possible.
2007-03-25 02:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ted 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep.
2007-03-25 02:07:42 · answer #7 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋