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Question: Can all knowledge be expressed in words or symbols? - Coggle…
Question: Can all knowledge be expressed in words or symbols?
Theme: Language
AOK: History
WOK: Language
Claim: Some languages are oral languages and aren't written down.
Reasoning: Some languages either aren't written down or can't be written down for some reason. The speakers of a language that isn't written down are responsible for passing on history and stories and passing down the language itself so it doesn't die
Example: Shoshone language article
WOK: Reason
Claim: History was passed down orally until it could be written down.
Reasoning: Before there were ways of writing things down and written language was developed, history and stories were passed down orally to preserve the knowledge. At that time, knowledge was able to be put into spoken words, but not written down words, so knowledge was passed down orally until it was able to be written down.
Example: Oral tradition
AOK: Art
WOK: Emotion
Claim: Some feelings can't be described through language.
Reasoning: Emotion can be hard to put into words because you know how you feel, but that knowledge can be difficult to express in words because there aren't words for every emotion. Some emotions are nearly impossible to describe in words because we don't know that much about them and don't know for sure what they are.
Example: Ineffable feelings
WOK: Sensory Perception
Claim: Most people's senses perceive things differently, so the meaning of art can't be fully expressed through words
Reasoning: Because art is so based in perception and interpretation, knowledge of art can be difficult to express in words. Not everyone's perception of art will be the same because our senses take in different things, so no clear and certain meaning can be put into words for that art. If everyone has different perceptions from their senses of a piece of art, then no clear knowledge is in words.
Example: Inkblot test