Language and Knowledge
Language and knowledge are closely related when the mind faculties are examined. Language acts as a map for creating knowledge and emphasizing understanding. Each language is coded differently with the other as there are different morphological, syntactical and semantical structures in the world languages. However, something similar with each of them is that every language is a set of valid symbols that reference things in the environment (Chomsky 161). These linguistic symbols are stored in the minds of the human being, for this case, as it is knowledge. Therefore, language and knowledge become inseparable when philosophers deliberate on knowledge. Philosophy of knowledge, or else, epistemological philosophy tends to relate with language through following the set rules of language as well as breaking those rules for the freedom and dynamism of language. Therefore, language can be the map of creating knowledge and understanding through its possibility to deviate from the set crossed paths.
The Role of Language in Society
The society provides the philosophical or knowledgeable issues and concerns, that philosopher’s address, through language. For instance, the rationalist and sensory knowledge are all felt in the society. When Plato talks about reason and rationalism, he had witnessed some sought of a social weakness of ignorance and deceit born from false beliefs of religion. Through his analysis of the issue of rationalism, he uses linguistic code to express and decipher information pertaining to his subject. This implies that to demonstrate knowledge that is inside a philosopher’s mind, he or she needs a close attachment to the language (Lindquist, Jennifer and Holly Shablack 444).
Language as a Channel for Understanding
Language creates a channel for understanding critical words from the knowledgeable individuals, through the symbolic references they make. There is the philosophy that bases its pursuit on rhetoric’s and persuasion which arose from Greek and portrays the place of language to creating knowledge and understanding. Rhetoric emerged from the art of oration where the orator persuaded the audience about the correctness of the issue argued upon (Webb, 249). Plato and Aristotle used this strategy of language and were considered the wise people of their ages and their knowledge came from the ability to use language and its symbols. This implies that language is a mirror of knowledge. When a person is unable to give good impressions of the linguistic images in a conversation, he or she cannot be considered wise because words define wisdom. Hitherto, an understanding of the issues pertained to in a language calls for knowledge. To have an ability to interpret the linguistic symbols also counts when people are dealing with language and knowledge. Therefore, a philosopher is deemed accountable for the words he or she gives. He is not restricted to a specific pattern, in fact, a person who possesses knowledge is able to obscure the argument and make an essential move to discovering new truths. People who are able to achieve this level of proficiency in ordering and disordering linguistic elements in an aim to clarify arguments reveal more truths or obscure the truth are the language experts, in this case, philosophers.
The Power of Words and Open Learning
Alphabets, grammar rules, and shared meanings allow open learning when they are well manipulated to produce a sensible thought. Words do not necessarily mean what they are known for or what the dictionary of the language experts implies (Baz 38). Words can express deeper thoughts with a curious mind of a philosopher and convey knowledge. For instance, there are many language styles such as symbols and metaphors that convey thoughts way deeper, that a faint interpretation would get no clue. When grammar rules and the meaning they share in a different environment are appropriately used, there is open learning. Learning leads to the acquisition of knowledge from the source. Additionally, learning does not take place in a fixed rules set up. There is no or very little advancement id learning is carried out in the same way over and over again. Open learning implies the freedom of using available raw materials to construct claims and concepts as well as developing them into rationalized facts.
The Dynamism of Language
Conclusively, the role of the expert can be considered to describe the dynamism of language or to change and give new prescriptions of the language symbols. Expert gives new sense to words in a language and therefore, increasing the linguistic scope and more references for the words said or written. Generally, language is dynamic as it is evident from the slang language of the 20th and 21st century. For instance, words like "hook up, fantastic, bad" among others were sometimes considered different from what they imply now. When the language experts are dealing with a word like "bad" they should be knowledgeable of its sense to mean 'good', therefore, language directs the way we perceive knowledge (Urban 94). For the case of the rules, sometimes they may not apply for the cases where there is a contextual implication of linguistic symbols. Language must be understood with context for it to direct knowledge and facilitate understanding. Language paves way for knowing.
Works Cited
Chomsky, Noam. Knowledge of language: Its nature, origin, and use. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1986.
Webb, Ruth. Ekphrasis, imagination and persuasion in ancient rhetorical theory and practice. Routledge, 2016.
Baz, Avner. When Words Are Called for: A Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy. Harvard UP, 2012.
Urban, Wilbur Marshall. Language and reality: the philosophy of language and the principles of symbolism. Vol. 69. Routledge, 2014.
Lindquist, Kristen A., Jennifer K. MacCormack, and Holly Shablack. "The role of language in emotion: predictions from psychological constructionism." Frontiers in psychology 6 (2015): 444.
