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Wittgenstein and alien language



I was trying to understand

 https://existentialcomics.com/comic/80

And the "lion" thing made me think of "Arrival", and came upon this

 https://filmphilosopher.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/despite-knowing-the-journey-and-where-it-leads-i-embrace-it-and-welcome-every-moment/

I didn't realize that the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is exactly the opposite
of what Wittgenstein put forth: that language can never change us because
we use language for ourselves and our ends, not in an endeavor to change
our way of thinking.

I read "Logicomix" a few years ago, but I've only recently been beginning
to understand some of what Wittgenstein was trying to convey.




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