Selasa, 01 Desember 2009

Theory of Knowledge Prompt: Language

‘To what extent is thought dependent on Language?’
The form of communication known as language, can engulf that of spoken and that of written styles. Yet as the language of the spoken and written form is used often and almost constantly in the lives we live, thought is not heavily dependent on the way of knowledge or obtaining knowledge through the use of language. This occurs due to the main use of language being used as a reinforcement to a concept, or to something that someone has just learned, and that language can be misinterpreted causing major mistakes and in the end having caused a catastrophe or a disaster in its extremes.
This phase of language being used as a way for thought to be transferred, is mainly used, yet the thought of language being used as a main tool for thought to be expressed and found can be credible and believable. This belief of how truth can only be transferred by language is logical, as both written and verbal language is used to convey the knowledge which has been obtained. But with this method of using language to convey the messages, we find that there are a few loopholes within the way of knowing of language.
These loopholes for language are few but crucially disadvantaged making language quite flawed. These flaws within the language are the ability for people to manipulate language for their advantages and the ability of how language can have numerous misunderstandings causing minor difficulties such as loss of relationships to cataclysmic events such as the misunderstanding which had occured and ended with the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima in the year of 1945. Thus the extent of language can only be used as a way for the knowledge and truths to be conveyed to other people.