Linguistic Structures Quotes

Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures.

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.

I have never designed a language for its own sake.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.

To my mind this makes psychedelics central to any political reconstruction, because these are the only force in nature that actually dissolve linguistics structures; lets the mechanics of syntax to be visible, allows the possibility for rapid introduction and spread of new concepts; gives permission for new ways of seeing; and this is what we have to do, we have to change our minds.