Sun 22 September
10:30am
Venue: Hat
Event [86]

Talks

Untangling Language

Sandra Laugier

Most of us think that different languages refer to the same stuff "out there" in the world. But have we been confusing the realistic with the real? Join French philosopher Sandra Laugier as she makes the case that there is no core of meaning shared among languages and explores the radical consequences this has for our understanding of the world.

"Deep and unrivaled knowledge." - Veena Das

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