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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg cover image

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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

CHAPTER

Language and Thought: Exploring the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

The chapter discusses the relationship between language and thought, specifically exploring the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. They debate whether language shapes our ability to reason and think, with one speaker believing it still has some validity while the other is more skeptical. They mention that different languages have different ways of talking about color, time, and motion, but argue that these differences have very minimal practical impact.

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