The Philosophy of Linguistics

Let's get together and talk about the philosophy of linguistics!

Here are some of the questions we could discuss:

1. What is a language?
2. What is the origin of language?
3. Why are there so many languages?
4. Can we think without language?
5. How do words mean anything at all? -- What is the relationship between a word, the concept it expresses, and the thing it refers to?
6. How do children acquire language so rapidly?
7. What is the relationship between language and truth? --Is truth a property of sentences, propositions, or something else?

Bring other questions or ideas or presentations if you wish!

Snacks provided. :)