122. ‘Language’ is languages – Languages are systems.
It is units of language that I call “propositions”.
yes language – is languages
languages are systems?
well languages can be described as
such –
but there are other descriptions –
i.e. – language as the ability to make audible – articulate – meaningful
sound –
by the action of the vocal organs –
or language as the words – their pronunciation – and the methods of
combining them that are used and understood by a particular community –
etc. –
languages can be and are ‘systematized’ –
but language is still whatever it is – with or without that description –
or any other –
the point being – how you describe language – is open to question – open
to doubt – is uncertain
language like any other phenomenon – is – in the absence of description
– unknown –
we describe to make known –
and we will have different descriptions for different purposes –
there is no essential – no definite description –
any description – is simply a contingency that enables us – under the
circumstances – to proceed –
‘It is units of language that I call “propositions”?
a proposition is a proposal –
we are of course familiar with the idea of the proposition – as a
linguistic proposal –
but a proposal is not necessarily linguistic
I call a proposition – anything that human beings create – anything that
is – that human beings propose
i.e. language – art –science –technology – philosophy – religion – etc.
– and the fruits of any of these proposals –
the proposition is a proposal
– that can take as many forms as humans beings can produce –
our world is propositional
and any proposition – any proposal – regardless of what form it takes –
is open to question – to doubt – uncertain
© greg t. charlton. 2015.
