1. 2 years ago 

   please tell me what sounds more interesting!

   sovietrussia:

   I have to write a paper for my Theory of Thought and Knowledge class. I could probably write something decent for either prompt. Tell me which you think is more interesting;

   1. Can a person have a thought if he does not have the words in which to express it?
   2. Do people who speak different languages “live in different worlds”?

   Damn, I pressed enter too soon and now I can’t add this sweet Wikipedia link to my previous answer. Anyway, I was going to add that the second topic has been covered pretty exhaustively (see link 1), so I think the first would be more original.

   Link 1:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir_Whorf

   Haha, I got pretty excited when I saw that second topic, since we’ve been discussing it in anthropology.

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