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... language , is erroneous . It is Whorf's view that the linguistic patterns themselves determine what the individual perceives in this world and ... Indo - European languages substantives The Relativity of Categories The Whorfian Hypothesis.
... language , is erroneous . It is Whorf's view that the linguistic patterns themselves determine what the individual perceives in this world and ... Indo - European languages substantives The Relativity of Categories The Whorfian Hypothesis.
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... Indo - European language in general ) is time , of Hopi - validity , and of Navaho - type of activity ( personal communication of Professor Kluckhohn ) . Whorf asks : How would a physics constructed along these lines work , with no t ...
... Indo - European language in general ) is time , of Hopi - validity , and of Navaho - type of activity ( personal communication of Professor Kluckhohn ) . Whorf asks : How would a physics constructed along these lines work , with no t ...
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... Indo - European language , is with measurable qualities , isolable units , and the like . Our physics neglects the so - called primary qualities ; they come in only rudimentarily in the system of physics or in certain abstractions of ...
... Indo - European language , is with measurable qualities , isolable units , and the like . Our physics neglects the so - called primary qualities ; they come in only rudimentarily in the system of physics or in certain abstractions of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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