[lbo-talk] Caudwell on on language's inability to reflect the changing nature of reality

[Eubulides]

On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Charles Brown <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> How does language get out of touch with reality?
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>> E.
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> ^^^^^^^^^
> CB: Caudwell claims that language is fixed and reality is fluid.
> Words are snap shots of reality that is a motion picture.

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I would surmise that a critical-historical investigation of the
linguistic practices of our species demonstrates that languages are no
more fixed than than anything else.

E.