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Can language describe reality? with Nick Enfield

Reason with Science

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Does Language Affect Psychology?

There's a lot of evidence that the structure of your language does affect psychology. Some languages elaborate certain domains, others treat them in very general terms. And I think it's just well established that those different framings and worldviews that are encoded through language will affect the way you think in certain kinds of ways. So if you're working within the cultural context to which your language is adapted, then you know, it's generally going to be adapted by definition.

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