PHILOS 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wound Healing, First Principle, Proto-Language
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Language seems to structure both our thoughts and how we express those thoughts in speech of writing. Public language: the sort of language we use in ordinary speech and writing; the language we share with other speakers (english, spanish, german, arabic, mandarin) Partially conventional- example- no natural resemblance between the word dog and dogs. Language of thought: more basic sort of language or proto-language that structures thought in a non conventional way (see chomsky on universal grammar, fodor on lot hypothesis) What is the relationship between public (spoken/written) language and thought. Priority of thought: thought is prior to public language. We can understand public language by beginning with the understanding of thought and then using them to explain how public language works. Priority of language: public language is prior to thought. We can understand thought by beginning with public language and then using it to explain what thought is.
