Whorf Essay

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Philosophy

 

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July 13, 2015

 

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Something manifested or objective can include a past event, something that is occurring right now, as well as anything that can be grasped by the physical senses. Conversely, the subjective or the manifesting covers not only the future but also anything that is abstract or inaccessible to the physical senses, such as "mentality, intellection, and emotion"(372)...
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Anything subjective in the Hopi language is associated with the verb "tunatya"(374), or hope. According to Whorf, "the word is really a term which crystallizes the Hopi philosophy of the universe"(374). It contains the combined idea of "?thought,' ?desire,' and ?cause,'"(374) but is at the same time associated with inanimate objects and involuntary actions; "the Hopi see [hope] in the growing of plants, the forming of clouds and their condensation in rain? and in all human hoping, wishing, striving, and taking thought: and as most especially concentrated in prayer"(374)...
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