Linguistic Turn
For the heptapods, all language was performative. Instead of using language to inform, they used language to actualize. Sure, heptapods already knew what would be said in any conversation; but in order for their knowledge to be true, the conversation would have to take place.
Ted Chiang • Stories of Your Life and Others
it was possible to use words to describe the world so that the world seemed plausible.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
I borrow the following from Wittgenstein.
Basically, language structures our world, so it becomes difficult to act unless you can form some type of language around it.
The idea is to step outside language and into the world.
For example, you find yourself sometimes in nature on a hike just being present and enjoying the surroundings without thinkin... See more
Basically, language structures our world, so it becomes difficult to act unless you can form some type of language around it.
The idea is to step outside language and into the world.
For example, you find yourself sometimes in nature on a hike just being present and enjoying the surroundings without thinkin... See more
r/productivity - Reddit
language is a lens, and our thoughts and perceptions are almost certainly shaped in some way by its conventions and metaphors. It shows us that writing influences our thoughts even as we use it to describe them.