"All of the other ways of knowing are controlled by language."

What does this statement mean and do you think it is a fair representation of the relationship between perception, emotion, reason and language? (this is included in the title) To interpret the world and to gain knowledge, people have developed several ways of knowing. These are considered to be perception, emotion, language and reason. The question "all of the other ways of knowing are controlled by language" is a statement that requires further investigation and …showed first 75 words of 1094 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1094 total…and you use language when you reflect (reason)on it, but indirectly. Hence to conclude language dosen't direct emotion, perception and reason but is simply a means of knowing. Bibliography: http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/26264.html http://www.cheathouse.com/essay/essay_view.php?p_essay_id=64763 http://miniverse.blogspot.com/2006/03/are-our-ways-of-knowing-controlled-by.html (this is an essay for the subject:Theory of Knowledge(TOK).don't know whether it fits here but philosoply does include TOK)