Thursday, October 4, 2007

Structuralism: Language of thought.

Ideas rejected?
how can an ideas get rejected? after all this topic is about one's perception towards a philosopher.But it's ok. I can still give another point of view about it.A typo person is so serious that i could not give any ideas that is so wild.hahaha..that's interesting to get to know this kind of person.oh ya.what do we call a person who loves typography? typoist? typhophile? or typhoon?:) Here's some of my essay about it.



Take a look at the image on top and do you have the same thinking of everyone in the world?
Buffalo, Capricorn, Crab, Lion. That was the first icon that I recognized first. Then my mind automatically tries to trash out those memories of the image and where did I saw it before. Yes. It was in the newspaper under zodiac column. How did I know that was a zodiac symbol? Is my perception has the same perception like anyone else? Are these icon are the same in other country like Japan or Mongolia?
Now I understand what was De Saussure were trying to say in his theory. I were asked to rewrite again the whole essay about structuralism or deconstruction. Yes I admit the previous one was just for the sake of submitting. Why do I tend to do that at the first place?
Language barrier. Why most of my Kiwi classmate tend to understand the whole meaning about this topic while I in the other hand were dying to listen very carefully the words came out by everyone during discussion session. I had to say it is all about language and its usage. In different languages the grammar rules are different, as are the words are put together within a grammatical system to make meaning. Apparently, the word’s structure is still the same in all languages. Even though I know how to speak English but it is not the same like the New Zealanders. Every human culture has some sort of language, which has the basic structure of all language. Even a Japanese can’t really pronounce some English words quite well even though we are talking the same language. Language, accent or body movement? Which will come first during a conversation with a stranger or a tourist or even to our friends?
A structuralists believe that the main structures which organize units ( the alphabets) and rules( the grammar) into a conventional systems are generated by the human mind itself, and not by own perception. This is important, because it means that, for structuralists, the order that we perceive in the world is not inheritance from our family, but is a product produced by our minds. It's not that there is no "reality out there," beyond human perception, but rather that there is too much "reality" to be perceived coherently without some kind of "grammar" or system to organize and limit them. Different people have different way of interpret things that they see and hear either in Mathematics, Biology, or even in Religion.

For me, the way I see this thing is by giving an example of a sponge. It depends on what kind of liquid you sucks and how did you squeeze it out. You determine it your own way of sucking and squeezing by using your own method or system based on what you have learned in previous experience. Words play important role in human life and these are the main medium to communicate and tells one’s idea and thought. I agree with Saussure theory about simplifier and simplified system. Every thing has it own imagery and it depends on how a person sees it. An apple is just a object. Some interprets is a food and some see it as a history of Adam and Eve.


oh i think that's about it. it would be a bit bored reading this but i found it quite interesting to reallise that there is a person called structuralist who really cares about languange and thought.

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