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Is Sex a special form of Language, as Robert Solomon claims in this week’s reading Well, first we need to answer these 2 questions A. What is a “language” B. What is the function of a language Well, a language is primarily a medium used to express thoughts And, most commonly we wish to COMMUNICATE those thoughts to another person So, in order to achieve that communication, it is necessary that our language has a shared collection of RULES; otherwise that other person will merely hear incomprehensible gibberish Those rules of Language are called SYNTAX: All that stuff we learn at school about nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc, PLUS the rules we need to follow in order to create a meaningful sentence.
But that is only half the story The other crucial element in Language is MEANING That second element of Language is called SEMANTICS.
So, if we understand the SYNTAX of a Language, we will be able to understand the Meaning (SEMANTICS) expressed by another person who shares that same Language.
Well, Solomon claims that Sex is a special form of BODY LANGUAGE; but is he correct?
As I ALWAYS advise you to do when you study Philosophy, the first thing you need to do is to ask YOURSELF the question:
? 1a. Am I trying to express and communicate something by my actions in a sexual relationship? Well are you
? 1b. And do I believe that is what my partner(s) and everyone else is doing when they share in sexual behavior
And, taking the question further, as Solomon does:
? 2a. Am I ONLY using Sex as a means of expression and communication?
? 2b. And, do I believe that my partner(s) and everyone else is ONLY using Sex as a means of expression and communication?
But there is yet another vitally important flip-side to the question, which you now need to answer:
? 3a. Do I agree with Solomon’s claim (Primoratz, p. 39) – that “between two people almost any activity can be fully sexual when it is an attempt to communicate feelings through bodily gestures, touches and movements”?
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