To What Extent Does The Nature Of Language Illuminate Our Understandin
To What Extent Does the Nature of Language Illuminate Our Understanding of the
Relation Between Knowledge of Ourselves and Knowledge of Others?
More than any other thing, the use of language sets humankind apart from the
remainder of the animal kingdom. There is some debate as to where the actual
boundary between language and communication should be drawn, however there seems
to be no debate as to the nature of Language, which is to communicate, using
abstract symbols, the workings of one mind to one or more others with a
relatively high degree of accuracy. It could perhaps be said that we are all
capable of expressing or representing our thoughts in a manner that is only
meaningful to ourselves. Wittgenstein says that "..a wheel that can be turned
though nothing else moves with it is not part of the mechanism."1 The idea of
a uniquely personal language is not relevant here and so will not be discussed
further.
Language is a system of symbols which represent thoughts,......
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