The New Linguistic Argument for the Existence of God
"What we are calling the argument from language focuses on a very
intriguing “narrow range of data” from linguistics, psycholinguistics,
and cognitive science. The argument has the following schematic structure:
1. All human societies have language.
2. They always have.
3. Language was not invented and did not spread.
4. Contemporary grammars are no more complex than those of
hunter-gatherers.
5. Humans are proficient language users regardless of intelligence, social status, or level of education.
6. Children are fluent speakers of complex grammatical sentences by the age of three, without benefit of formal
instruction.
7. Children are capable of inventing languages that are more systematic
than those they hear, showing resemblances to languages that they have
never heard and obeying grammatical
principles for which there is no evidence in their environments.
8. Therefore, God exists and endowed humans with an innate
ability to acquire and use language."
and cognitive science. The argument has the following schematic structure:
1. All human societies have language.
2. They always have.
3. Language was not invented and did not spread.
4. Contemporary grammars are no more complex than those of
hunter-gatherers.
5. Humans are proficient language users regardless of intelligence, social status, or level of education.
6. Children are fluent speakers of complex grammatical sentences by the age of three, without benefit of formal
instruction.
7. Children are capable of inventing languages that are more systematic than those they hear, showing resemblances to languages that they have never heard and obeying grammatical
principles for which there is no evidence in their environments.
8. Therefore, God exists and endowed humans with an innate
ability to acquire and use language."
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