15 min
Interesting Etymologies - Philosophy Dead Air
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- Language Learning
"Hello again word lovers!"
Charly thinks that perhaps this should have been the first edition of Interesting Etymologies because etymology is the study of the meaning of words but we have not asked "what does a word mean?" yet and that is philosophy not etymology.
To paraphrase Bertrand Russell, philosophy will take a statement that seems to be blindingly obvious and make you doubt it. Be prepared to doubt a great deal as we dip our toes into the world of the philosophy of language.
Full associated article on our website: https://www.bulldogz.org/post/interesting-etymologies-46-philosophy
"Hello again word lovers!"
Charly thinks that perhaps this should have been the first edition of Interesting Etymologies because etymology is the study of the meaning of words but we have not asked "what does a word mean?" yet and that is philosophy not etymology.
To paraphrase Bertrand Russell, philosophy will take a statement that seems to be blindingly obvious and make you doubt it. Be prepared to doubt a great deal as we dip our toes into the world of the philosophy of language.
Full associated article on our website: https://www.bulldogz.org/post/interesting-etymologies-46-philosophy
15 min