Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas

by K.T.S. Sarao | 2013 | 141,449 words

Buddhism Theravada

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This page relates ‘Language and Thought’ of the study of the Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas, from the perspective of linguistics. The Five Nikayas, in Theravada Buddhism, refers to the five books of the Sutta Pitaka (“Basket of Sutra”), which itself is the second division of the Pali Tipitaka of the Buddhist Canon (literature).

Chapter 5 - Language and Thought

- Sub-Contents: (+ / -)

2. Body and Mind (Introduction)

2.1. Brains as ‘Thinking Matter’

2.2. Action at A Distance

2.3. The Mechanics of Movement

3. Communicative Conception and Cognitive Conception (Introduction)

3.1. The Cognitive Conception

3.2. The Communicative Conception

4. From Behaviourism to Cognitivism

5. Sense versus Reference

6. Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

7. Correspondence of Linguistic Structures and Cognitive Structures

8. Modularity in Cognition

9. Language, Thought, and Language of Thought

10. Issues in Language and Thought

11.1. Metaphors

12. The Position of Buddhism on Language and Thought

Last Updated: 05 December, 2022

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