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Article #489Re: Language versus concept
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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:42
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:42
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On 5 Sep, 22:25, "J.A.Legris" <jaleg...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > On Sep 5, 3:34 pm, Doug Morse <mo...@edoug.org> wrote: > > > Hi Glen, > > > Actually, no, I'm not making the Whorfian claim. I am of the opinion > > that natural language is probably the most predominate from of adult > > cognition, but it is far from being the only form. Indeed, that's > > part of what's motivating my question re: concept vs. language. Can > > people form and use concepts *without* language? If so, how so? > > > Doug > > Why not? I have conceptions of things for which there is no veridical > linguisitic equivalent, such as the appearance of the colour blue. If > they are anything at all, concepts are prior to language. > > -- > Joe The Purkinje Effect. http://bicovi.com/sky/blue.html In dim light blue objects appear bright relative to red ones. The Sky Blue effect appears to be the opposite. The eye in dim light seems to be attuned to red and the eye in bright light to blue. and Research on colour words http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/research/colour_words.html
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