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Kriger, Boris

 
9798266811560: WHEN WORDS FAIL: LANGUAGE AND THE LIMITS OF THOUGHT
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ISBN 13 : 9798266811560
Editeur : Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

This book examines language as both a tool for communication and a means of understanding, while never forgetting its built-in limitations. Language shapes our thinking, yes—but in doing so, it erects barriers that keep us from grasping the raw, unfiltered essence of reality. Words, with their multiple meanings and dependence on context, have a bad habit of distorting the message, turning conversation into an elaborate and bewildering game of charades.
The author points to the paradoxes hiding within language itself, invoking Gödel’s famous incompleteness theorems as a reminder that no matter how precise language tries to be, it can never capture the whole of reality. Cultural and cognitive differences only make matters worse, widening the gap between perception and understanding.
The book also peers into the future, considering how language might evolve in the technological age—how artificial intelligence and new modes of communication may reshape not just how we speak, but how we think.

Keywords

language, philosophy, thought, communication, consciousness, linguistics, artificial intelligence

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Éditeur
Independently published
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798266811560
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
63
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