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I would say his work in linguistics is philosophy.
by garbagetime 4y ago
I would say his work in linguistics is philosophy.
- lapcat 4y agoYou mean non-empirical? ;-)
- garbagetime 4y agoNope. His work on the questions of the nature of thought, language, and mind is both extremely influential & deeply philosophical. Some of his work on linguistics you can argue is not philosophy. Some I think clearly is.
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- implements 4y agoIn so far as “Philosophy is a language game” [1] then anyone who makes a significant contribution to linguistics also contributes to philosophy. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_game_(philosophy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_game_(philosophy)