Philosophy and Language

Question 1

Studying language and texts can reveal essential structures of human behavior and therefore could be the clue to discovering essential human truths. This idea is most likely to be held by __________

Answer 1

Structuralists

Question 2

Language does not come from consciousness, consciousness comes from language. This idea is most likely to be held by ____________

Answer 2

Post-structuralists

Question 3

Language is imbued with cultural values and learning language means learning these values. This idea is most likely to be held by ________

Answer 3

Post-structuralists

Question 4

What philosopher held the following ideas?: There is no such thing as a private language. We do not control the meaning of the words we use, the words we use control us.

Answer 4

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Question 5

What are some of the ideas that Ludwig Wittgenstein added to the philosophy of language?

Answer 5

There is no such thing as a private language. We do not control the meaning of the words we use, the words we use control us.

Question 6

What philosopher declared “The Death of the Author”?

Answer 6

Roland Barthes

Question 7

What philosopher claimed that all of our thoughts, actions, and even our feelings are “citational”, learned from stories and movies.

Answer 7

Roland Barthes

Question 8

Name two main ideas proposed by Roland Barthes

Answer 8

1. ) The author’s intentions art not important in discerning the meaning of the text (Death of the Author)
2. ) all of our thoughts, actions, and even our feelings are “citational”, learned from stories and movies.

Question 9

According to Louis Athusser’s terminology: What is the difference between Repressive State Apparatuses (RSAs) and Ideological State Apparatuses (ISAs)

Answer 9

Both work to defend the system of private property and capitalist creeds. Repressive State Apparatuses are official institutions (courts of law, police, prisons). Ideological State Apparatuses are cultural practices (media, sport, literature, arts, and EDUCATION)

Question 10

Official institutions (courts of law, police, prisons) that work to defend the system of private property and capitalist creeds.

Answer 10

Repressive State Apparatuses (RSAs)

Question 11

Cultural practices (media, sport, literature, arts, and EDUCATION) that work to defend the system of private property and capitalist creeds.

Answer 11

Ideological State Apparatuses (ISAs)

Question 12

This philosopher studied how cultural practices are imbedded with power dynamics. He studied the history of madness, punishment, and sexuality.

Answer 12

Michel Foucault

Question 13

Michel Foucault is associate with studying what topics?

Answer 13

Power relations in the history of madness, punishment, and sexuality.

Question 14

Ideological State Apparatuses (ISAs)

Answer 14

Cultural practices (media, sport, literature, arts, and EDUCATION) that work to defend the system of private property and capitalist creeds.

Question 15

Repressive State Apparatuses (RSAs)

Answer 15

Official institutions (courts of law, police, prisons) that work to defend the system of private property and capitalist creeds.