How Words Can Harm
- Episode aired Sep 19, 2016
Crash Course and host Hank Green examines how words can cause harm. He, first, talks about ambiguity in language and how context can help clarify ambiguity. He discusses the use/mention dist... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green examines how words can cause harm. He, first, talks about ambiguity in language and how context can help clarify ambiguity. He discusses the use/mention distinction. He talks about "dirty words" and "hate speech". He argues that words can cause ha... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green examines how words can cause harm. He, first, talks about ambiguity in language and how context can help clarify ambiguity. He discusses the use/mention distinction. He talks about "dirty words" and "hate speech". He argues that words can cause harm because of thick concepts (words that have descriptive meaning but also evaluative cont... Read all