Where language fails us | Kehinde Andrews, John McWhorter and Laurie Ann Paul
Philosophy For Our Times
Introduction
We think sharing experience is essential to being human. Yet from the taste of an apple to giving birth, we know we cannot fully describe the experience to someone who has not had it already. Many now maintain that it is impossible to communicate the experience of discrimination and other cultures can only be understood but those who have experienced them. But even if it remains an impossible task, should it nevertheless remain something that is continually strived for? Joining us to debate whether language is capable of communicating experience are Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, Kehinde Andrews,. Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, John McWarcher, Water and Professor of Philosophy in Cognitive Science
