Apr
25

“When Language Can Hold the Answer” - New York Times

12:31 pm Origins and Science

Interesting:

In stark form, the debate was: Does language shape what we perceive… or are our perceptions pure sensory impressions, immune to the arbitrary ways that language carves up the world?

[From When Language Can Hold the Answer - New York Times]

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2 comments

  1. Jacob @ 2008-04-26 9:19 am

    Sounds like a quote I might have posted here at one time.

  2. Charlie @ 2008-04-26 10:02 am

    Hi Jacob,
    Did you ever post anything one time? :)

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