Mark Pagel is a biologist, an evolutionary
biologist, and he has worked about the language, but from a biology
perspective, like Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, both are much admired
in scientist world
Mark Pagel suggests that language is an
expression of our genes, it means language is an ability acquired and it was
selected because allowed a better adaptation to survive in the world. In this
way the language has a big power, even Pagel call it ‘Magic’. Using the word we open new worlds, new
perspectives and new knowledge. The language is our communication and it is one
of the bases of our culture, and culture is one of the things that make us
different of other animal species. The language is a very important social
technology for Pagel and it’s one of his approaches.
“We can learn from other using the
language, by copying or imitating” Says Pagel, and he is totally right, even we
can to debate it´s a very useful option to make new knowledge and not repeat
mistakes. The language is a very important ‘tool’ for to build human’s culture,
and human’s society. Without language we can’t to design technology and a lot
of other things.
The human development is linked to the
development or language, and philosophy too. A more developed language allows a
more developed philosophy and a more developed society.
If we think in language like an
evolutionary tool we can see why we are as we are. We can understand our
history and to imagine the future.
Other function of language is to make us different
between the human groups and cultures, for example we have the same language
that Spanish people, but our language has different elements, different word
and it’s a reflex the identities of both cultures. The language builds the
culture, and at the same time culture builds the language, it’s a symbiotic
relation.
I think that Pagel is right in his theory,
and I think this theme must be studied and debated for to get a better
knowledge about human development.
But I
would like to say that the language doesn’t create reality, I believe that reality
exists and language can plays whit it, but not create it.
I want you watch the video, so you have it here:
I´m disagree with you. Pagel its so determinist.
ResponderEliminarYeah! Have a different language of others peoples in the word, for me, is an advantage, because it does to make unique identities.
ResponderEliminarI am totally agree with the culture part that you mention
ResponderEliminarI agree too, language creates culture and culture it's what makes us different for the rest of the animals. It forms the identity (:
ResponderEliminarI agree too, the language make culture! We can understand a one culture with the language
ResponderEliminarI like your ideas about the topic! :) congratulations
ResponderEliminarInteresting the academic introduction that you do to Pagel but I desagree that lenguage and the speech doesn`t create reality, we just have to attention to news or newspaper. What they said, configures and makes visible certain things, creating a world view.
ResponderEliminarIs being admired in the scientific world stated as a positive or a negative characteristic in you post?
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