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Monday, February 8, 2010

'Chess Game' Perspective of Language





A CHESS GAME PERSPECTIVE OF LANGUAGE

Language is a system of codes and the rules governing these codes. It is a fundamental system used in everyday life for communication, understanding and building relationships. Wittgenstein has advanced certain ideas about the nature of language and I feel that some of these postulates can actually be configured into a teleological or ‘goal-oriented’ understanding of human communication behavior. We can view the practice of language as a chess game that we use to achieve certain desired ends.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Political Engagement


The Need is clear for all who see
Speak up now or forever hold your peace:

Poems First They Came (Martin Niemoller) and The Hangman (Maurice Ogden)