> The idea that "our world [is] parsed and circumscribed as it is by the limits of our vocabulary" is nuts. Superficially yes but it is just a rephrasing of Wi

> The idea that "our world [is] parsed and circumscribed as it is by the limits of our vocabulary" is nuts. Superficially yes but it is just a rephrasing of Wittgenstein's "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." which has a proper philosophical foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_Investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_Investigations > The fact that the author was able to write this article and convey these concepts in English shows that the idea that vocabulary limits our experience is incoherent. How so? The author just describes a phenomenon, one he can write about because he experienced those limits and reflected upon them. He never said those limits cannot be pushed or overcome, the point is that experiencing them is what allows us to "learn about the world and ourselves".