La dimensión ontológica de la hipótesis de la relatividad lingüística : una defensa del deflacionismo naturalista frente al universalismo de los criterios de compromiso ontológico
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2025
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29/11/2024
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Desde su inicio, la preocupación por el lenguaje ha sido una constante para la filosofía. La naturaleza de este fenómeno tan característicamente humano, así como sus relaciones con el pensamiento, han supuesto la fuente de una gran parte de las reflexiones a lo largo de su historia. En la actualidad existen dos enfoques principales sobre la relación entre pensamiento y lenguaje. Por un lado, de la mano de Sapir y Whorf, surge en el siglo XX una corriente que defiende que las lenguas y sus diferencias afectan al pensamiento de sus hablantes. Como respuesta a la tendencia anterior, a mediados del siglo XX toma popularidad la perspectiva generativista impulsada por Chomsky, que considera el lenguaje como un fenómeno universal y que, por tanto, las diferencias entre lenguas no son relevantes a la hora de estudiar el posible impacto del lenguaje sobre el pensamiento. La presente investigación, titulada “La dimensión ontológica de la hipótesis de la relatividad lingüística: una defensa del deflacionismo naturalista frente al universalismo de los criterios de compromiso ontológico”, parte del primer enfoque, conocido comúnmente como la Hipótesis de la Relatividad Lingüística. A pesar de la reiterada atención que ha captado este tema tanto en lingüística como en filosofía, existe un aspecto de la relación entre el lenguaje y el pensamiento que permanece bastante descuidado: la dimensión ontológica, esto es, cómo el lenguaje afecta al pensamiento en cuanto a la visión del mundo de sus hablantes. El objetivo principal de nuestra investigación obedece precisamente a la necesidad de dar cuenta no de cualquier aspecto, sino concretamente de la dimensión ontológica que constituye un elemento central para la hipótesis de la relatividad lingüística...
From its beginnings, the study of language has been a constant in philosophy. The nature of this peculiarly human phenomenon, as well as its relationship with thought, has been the source of much reflection throughout its history. At present, there are two main approaches to the relationship between thought and language. On the one hand, in the twentieth century, Sapir and Whorf developed a trend that argues that languages and their differences affect the thinking of their speakers. In response to the previous trend, the generativist perspective, promoted by Chomsky, became popular in the mid-20th century, which considers language to be a universal phenomenon and, therefore, that the differences between languages are not relevant when studying the possible impact of language on thought.The present research, titled "The Ontological Dimension of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis: A Defense of Naturalistic Deflationism against the Universalism of Ontological Commitment Criteria," is related to the first approach, commonly known as the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis. Despite the recurrent attention that this topic has received in both linguistics and philosophy, there is one aspect of the relationship between language and thought that remains largely ignored: the ontological dimension, that is, how language affects thought in terms of the worldview of its speakers. The main aim of our research is precisely the need to account not just for any aspect, but specifically for the ontological dimension that is central to the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis...
From its beginnings, the study of language has been a constant in philosophy. The nature of this peculiarly human phenomenon, as well as its relationship with thought, has been the source of much reflection throughout its history. At present, there are two main approaches to the relationship between thought and language. On the one hand, in the twentieth century, Sapir and Whorf developed a trend that argues that languages and their differences affect the thinking of their speakers. In response to the previous trend, the generativist perspective, promoted by Chomsky, became popular in the mid-20th century, which considers language to be a universal phenomenon and, therefore, that the differences between languages are not relevant when studying the possible impact of language on thought.The present research, titled "The Ontological Dimension of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis: A Defense of Naturalistic Deflationism against the Universalism of Ontological Commitment Criteria," is related to the first approach, commonly known as the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis. Despite the recurrent attention that this topic has received in both linguistics and philosophy, there is one aspect of the relationship between language and thought that remains largely ignored: the ontological dimension, that is, how language affects thought in terms of the worldview of its speakers. The main aim of our research is precisely the need to account not just for any aspect, but specifically for the ontological dimension that is central to the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía, leída el 29-11-2024