Episode 105 Given, new and the selfless know-it-all
From Structured Visions by Jodie Clark
January 30, 2025
About this episode
The episode explores the implications of knowing everything at the cost of losing one's self, focusing on language structures and information navigation in communication.
What if you could know everything, but you had to lose your self in the process? We discuss two layered structures in human languages. The first is word order, such as Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) and Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). The second is information structure, which is the system by which people in interaction navigate their interlocutor’s knowledge state, … Continue reading Episode 105 Given, new and the selfless know-it-all
Topics covered
- language
- communication
- philosophy
- cognition
- self
Keywords
- word order
- Subject-Verb-Object
- Subject-Object-Verb
- information structure
- knowledge state
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