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But whatever that information space is could be called a language too, right?
by nikki93 9y ago
But whatever that information space is could be called a language too, right?
- jacobolus 9y agoI don't think so. 'Language' per se is inherently abstract-symbolic and serial. Other types of thought rely on non-symbolic types of metaphor, often quite concrete ones, and on more graph-like connections between ideas. Sometimes the relationships between nodes are very fuzzy and inexplicit. The best you'll get with 'language' is poetry and puns and outline-style hierarchies, but these don't cover anywhere near all types of thought. As stark examples, I don't think you can classify e.g. sculptures or textile patterns or mechanical designs as 'language'.