Language & Meaning
- Episode aired Aug 29, 2016
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Crash Course and host Hank Green discusses language and meanings. He examines how words (a collection of sounds and symbols) connect to mental concepts that we want to communicate. He discus... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green discusses language and meanings. He examines how words (a collection of sounds and symbols) connect to mental concepts that we want to communicate. He discusses Gottlob Frege distinction between sense and reference. He looks at how definitions inv... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green discusses language and meanings. He examines how words (a collection of sounds and symbols) connect to mental concepts that we want to communicate. He discusses Gottlob Frege distinction between sense and reference. He looks at how definitions involve necessary and sufficient conditions. He, then, looks at Ludwig Wittgenstein criticism... Read all