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I mean just think it through though: you are right, but if they are all arbitrary, then it is up to people/us to care about how language is used. If it was oth
by beepbooptheory 5y ago
I mean just think it through though: you are right, but if they are all arbitrary, then it is up to people/us to care about how language is used. If it was otherwise, than all those who resist modifying their language could just appeal to the universal/set-in-stone structures of a language mapping onto a reality. Rather, what we have is language as a kind of spontaneous activity, where we can inquire and question about it, perhaps try to change some things to more closely map onto a better world.
Also more historically: structuralism is very much the intellectual tradition from which this kind of discourse ultimately comes from, whether you like it or not. And Saussure is widely considered the "founder" of it.
People arent trying to steal your computer, but people on here are very worried about someone stealing their manhood or whatever, and that is silly.