tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8736707480570632726..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Would telepaths need language?Alexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-85324346837424017822016-02-23T14:34:01.875-06:002016-02-23T14:34:01.875-06:00I think the images and clips communicate propositi...I think the images and clips communicate propositions.<br /><br />But in any case, telepaths surely would need logical operators if they wanted to do science.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-29107246487817510322016-02-23T09:20:53.404-06:002016-02-23T09:20:53.404-06:00Telepaths might be able to do without propositions...Telepaths might be able to do without propositions. Maybe they could send each other images, or short mental video clips (this is how telepaths or clairvoyants are often depicted on TV). The communicated content would be like our visual memories or perceptions. <br /><br />What seems right is that they could not do without communicated attitudes, or mental correlates of speech acts, of e.g. asserting, requesting, promising, commanding, inquiring. <br /><br />I'm not sure this rises to the level of a "language" but maybe that's a semantic (ha!) question. <br /><br />If telepaths did do without propositions, they would lack things like logical operators, and maybe it would be impossible for them to communicate generalities. <br /><br />Heath Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535886546816778688noreply@blogger.com