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Benjamin Whorf
(24 Apr 1897 - 26 Jul 1941)
American anthropologist and linguist.
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Science Quotes by Benjamin Whorf (1 quote)
We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds—and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.
— Benjamin Whorf
In Four Articles on Metalinguistics (1950), 5.
See also:
- 24 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Whorf's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
