I don't understand why so many people think that language is the basis of thought. It obviously isn't, as every thoughtful non-human is a counterexample.
@@michaelchittem1574between 1:00 and 2:00 the prof mentions rationality and linguistics. It reminded me of things I heard about structuralism, the theory goes that the structure of language is the bedrock of rationality, maybe all of reality. But I don't buy it, surely thought comes first independent of language, then you decide to communicate the thought with language. You don't have to think in language. For example, cats think, but they don't have language.
@bimsherwood7006 It's a product of redefining thinking to include only that which involves reasoning in language. It has to do with the reduction of what goes on in the mind of the cat to mere mental behavior. Nothing the cat has in its mind can count as a concept of a triangle for example. Because of the way language enters into our way of thinking we can understand and do things like find the length of one of the sides of a right triangle, which would be considered thought under this paradigm. I'm being very vague and inaccurate but basically blame Ludwig Wittgenstein and others.😅
Wonderful lectures. As a personal note, I wish to say that every AI generated picture in the course is just an abomination. (the average that AI is pushing us towards is an abomination)
