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Transhumanist LinguisticsEven if one does not accept the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that language shapes our reality, it is clear that it can both help and hinder thinking. The design and use of language has always interested transhumanists, and will doubtless be an important part in moving towards a posthuman existence.Sections
Transhumanist Terminology. Lojban - The Logical Language. An artificial language constructed to be as logical as possible, which might be useful for AI applications, speech recognition, translation and scientific thinking. Constructed Language Mailing Lists Constructed Languages in Yahoo. General SemanticsGeneral semantics attempts to untangle the real stuff (i.e. what actually exists) from our maps of it (i.e. what we call it or think about it).International Society for General Semantics Other SitesBooksSee alsoRelevant newsgroup: alt.language.artificial |
Anders Sandberg / asa@nada.kth.se 2000-03-11 |