Lo arbitrario del lenguaje y el lugar de la cultura
AUTOR(ES)
Luis, Carlos R.
FONTE
Pro-Posições
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2008-04
RESUMO
This is the study of a line of thought rooted in ancient materialism (Epicure) and its further development through the philosophy of Enlightenment (Locke, Condillac): the stating of a "natural" origin for language (as a corporal response to the environment) and, later on, a redefinition of that original basis as being social, and therefore, arbitrary. The idea of delimitation of the natural world is introduced as the prime condition for survival, i.e., for the production of goods. Culture is then associated to the idea of cultivation. Its delimitations are sanctioned by language by means of names, which do not refer to substances, but to arbitrary collections of qualities. Names are only differentiating, variable forms, just as sensorial impressions are variable from an individual to another. Culture works as a guarantee of agreement, producing a uniform effect for designations. Language is then a means of naming a world which is classified in a certain way so as to allow stable predications among those who share such classifications, thus sharing a culture.
Documentos Relacionados
- El silencio y la palabra Merleau-Ponty, Derrida y los márgenes del lenguaje
- El “desnivel prometeico” y el lenguaje del perdón
- El campo de las ciencias y la educación superior entre el monopolio del inglés y el plurilingüismo: elementos para una política del lenguaje en América Latina
- Volver a hablar tras la muerte del lenguaje Sobre los esfuerzos de aprender a hablar y la facilidad de perder el lenguaje de nuevo
- Ley y medio ambiente: la perspectiva legal y la paradoja del lenguaje común