Objective reality exists, its NOT created by the words we use.
Constructs in our brain can be created by words and ideas...these constructs may or may not bear any relationship to objective reality.
Truth is the communication of reality to our internal mental constructs, usually we use words and language to structure and comprehend this reality. Sometimes we simply feel awe if our brain understands but does not have the words to express what we understand.
Languages are human inventions, and will be lost, found and re-invented as long as humans are around, there is nothing to mourn in that process.
Aligning objective reality, language that expresses truth to purposeful ethical people is what we should aspire to, truth may be complicated and hard to find, the task does not need to be made more complicated by mysticism hiding behind arcane language.
On Oct 28, 2012 Sabu wrote:
Objective reality exists, its NOT created by the words we use.
Constructs in our brain can be created by words and ideas...these constructs may or may not bear any relationship to objective reality.
Truth is the communication of reality to our internal mental constructs, usually we use words and language to structure and comprehend this reality. Sometimes we simply feel awe if our brain understands but does not have the words to express what we understand.
Languages are human inventions, and will be lost, found and re-invented as long as humans are around, there is nothing to mourn in that process.
Aligning objective reality, language that expresses truth to purposeful ethical people is what we should aspire to, truth may be complicated and hard to find, the task does not need to be made more complicated by mysticism hiding behind arcane language.