Wednesday, 2 November 2016

" To what degree might different languages shape in their speakers different concepts of themselves and the world? What are the implications of such difference for knowledge? "


" To what degree might different languages shape in their speaker's different concepts of themselves and the world? What are the implications of such difference for knowledge? "

Different languages shape their national speaker's concepts of themselves and the world as languages shape their culture. Meaning that when a new culture is forming, language is needed to complete the idea of a whole culture as language is the base of all cultures. Different languages shape their citizens within their culture, this could be within different cultural beliefs. this means that their cultural beliefs may shapes their concepts of themselves as a person as well as their ideas towards other cultures and people around them. Their cultural beliefs may be their beginning point in which they begin to understand as see what is different. The difference in areas of knowledge is that because there is such a wide variety of languages and cultures, philosophy will be based on that language. Meaning that each language has its version of knowledge. It could conclude that there is a more valuable meaning in Arabic than what it means in English. The consequence of having such difference for knowledge is that there might be areas in which cannot be translated due to the fact that some words "are lost in translation" therefore there can be a wall in which we can discover and understand.

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