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It was only after learning the word "pain" that I felt it.
by hyperpallium2 5y ago
It was only after learning the word "pain" that I felt it.
- V-2 5y agoThis doesn't address (much less invalidate) my point. Pain is not an abstract concept. This distinction (between non-abstract and abstract entities) already becomes blurred when it comes to things like colors. In their case your quip starts to break down - contrary to our intuition, it turns out that you do need the word in order to experience the concept. To some extent at least. It's been proven that - even though colors exist on physical level - languages (vocabulary) do have an impact on how humans perceive them. Eg. "Researchers found that Greek and Russian speakers, who have dedicated words for light and dark blue, were more likely to see a light blue triangle against a dark blue background (and vice versa), than they were to identify green triangles against green backgrounds. Speakers of German, which has no such distinction, were no better at seeing shades of blue triangles than green."
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