stratification.bsky.social

stratification.bsky.social

@stratification.bsky.social

Language is behavior so what we say is based on the expectation of response developed from the experience of prior use of language plus our emotive direction of the moment. The interaction of language, and all behaviors, is the act of approximation.

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Why is it important to recognize the behavioral nature of knowledge, language and even science? Understanding that we behave according to models made up of acceptable behaviors provides perspective. This allows recognition of our life as interactive and the perception of environment as adjustable.

Knowledge is made up of language so knowledge is behavior. Being behavior based, knowledge is not certain or solid. What is certain is the occurrence of interaction, the basis of behavior and the make up of everything. Separation and individuality can be useful ways to act, but are not real.

Language is based on expectations that listeners will respond in expected ways. Those expectations are built upon observation and experiences with language over time. The meaning of words are expectations that observers will respond in a predictable, certain way. There is no other 'meaning'.

When I add 2+2=4 I am exhibiting behavior that is derived from past experiences. Mathmatics is a 'model' of behavior with a base of previous experiences from which to exhibit mathmatical behavior. In other words, it is not abstract. The term 'abstraction' blurs the behavioral reality of symbols,

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