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Mentalese
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The hypothetical "language of thought" or representations of concepts and propositions in the brain in which ideas, including the meanings of words and sentences are couched
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Linguistic Determinism
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Thoughts are determined by the categories made available by the language.
The word and the thought are the same thing. If we don't have a word for "red" then can't think of red. |
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Linguistic Relativity
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Differences among languages can cause differences in thoughts of their speakers.
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Three Arguments Against Linguistic Determinism
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1. Circular reasoning. Example: Apaches think differently because of the way they speak and they speak differently because of the way they think.
2. Bad Translation 3. Poor analysis of small samples |
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Colors marked off by available words
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All cultures agree on exemplar colors.
It is not that we can not think of the colors if we do not know the words or the name of the color: sky blue, sea blue, navy blue, brick red, cherry red, ect. It is not the label that causes you to think, you do not need the word for the color in order to think of that color. |