Wednesday, February 01, 2006

What can Language Teach us about Existence?

Sources of knowledge of existences seem to be observation and contemplation. Observation can tell us if tigers or unicorns exist; contemplation can tell us if God exists. Language does not seem to be a source of knowledge for existences. It is a man-made creation, and non-physical creations of men do not seem to be able to tell us anything interesting about existence. However, language is not arbitrary. It is a complex code attempting to express our ideas and emotions. For learning about existence, clearly we’re interested in expressing our ideas. By codifying ideas, each step of a theory can be examined separately. Language can’t teach us anything new about existence, but it can help us sort out our ideas about experience. I believe that logic tells us interesting things about existence, and that language is our expression of logic. We use the tool of language to learn about existence from logic.

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