Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-06-03]: People instinctively organize a new language they hear for the first time according to a logical hierarchy which seems embedded in them. We are not simply learning which words go together, as computer translation programs do, but rather possess some kind of a "universal grammar" in us. [1] We think based on what we already know. We are not standing alone, but on the shoulders of... on the shoulders of... what?!? Anyway. At least we wear shoes. Tlue Bwo.
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