Representation And Text

Feb 10, 2021

Representation and Text # Philosophy Weekly confronts a central question: does language structure how we think, or is that divide itself mistaken? We see language as our primary tool for expressing ideas, often credited with human dominance. But its relationship to thought remains deeply contested. From Russell and Wittgenstein to Heidegger and Derrida, some argue language shapes or even constitutes thought, while others insist thought extends beyond it. Words are the only net we have to catch the universe in. ...