LING 2504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Universal Grammar, Implicature
14 Dec 2015
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03/31/2015 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The importance of what is not said: implications and metaphor. Language is a system of knowledge in the brain: universal grammar. Language as a tool for apprehending thought. If language is what can capture truths or falsities of the world, express things about the way we see reality and the way reality is, not as malleable if it were just a tool of communication. Are we bound to express concepts in a particular way, and are some. Adams argues that there are important conditions that must be met for us to care about suffering and harm. For suffering and harm to be real, and wrong, the victims must have. The reality of individuality and agency is affirmed or denied through individuality and agency language. Conditions for compassion: closeness to/understanding of unfairness nothing done wrong, potential for action/accountability.
