What did language and numbers made possible to do?

They made it possible to represent things in the world and represent the relation between things in the world.

How does writing make religion and money possible?

Writing makes it possible to convey ideas to other people writing makes it possible to have shared ideas religion is based on having shared ideas. money is based on a shared value of something

How does language and numbers develop a concept of truth?

Since language and numbers represent the things in the world and the relations between them, truth is the representations by language and numbers that are consistent with the actual objects and relations in the real world.

How does writing cause the possibility of creating a civilisation with a complex social system?

Through writing knowledge of agriculture could be converted to different generations, this made it possible to stay in one place and establish settlements . Produce more food than is needed to feed everyone, so not everyone has to constantly arrange food. This allows a community in which different people fulfill different roles , where higher ranked individuals have time.

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Summary Electrical Engineering: Concepts and Applications

Name: Electrical Engineering: Concepts and Applications
ISBN: 9780273743682

- Marc Brysbaert, et al

ISBN-10 0273743686 ISBN-13 9780273743682

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1 The wider picture
How do you call a civilisation before writing was invented?

A preliterate civilisation
How do we call a world view with the belief that objects and nature are inhabited by spirits with human-like characteristics, which cause events to happen?

Animism
Of what components did the first writings consist?
- Pictograms and phonograms
How do we call a sign that represents a sound or a syllable of spoken language; forms the basis of writing systems?

A phonogram
How do we call a sign representing a spoken word, which no longer has a physical resemblance to the word’s meaning?

A logograph
How do we call a study method in which students unquestioningly memorise and recite texts that are thought to convey unchanging truths instead of thinking critically about them?

The scholastic method
What did language and numbers made possible to do?

They made it possible to represent things in the world and represent the relation between things in the world.
How does writing make religion and money possible?
- Writing makes it possible to convey ideas to other people
- writing makes it possible to have shared ideas
- religion is based on having shared ideas.
- money is based on a shared value of something
How does language and numbers develop a concept of truth?
- Since language and numbers represent the things in the world and the relations between them,
- truth is the representations by language and numbers that are consistent with the actual objects and relations in the real world.
How does writing cause the possibility of creating a civilisation with a complex social system?
- Through writing knowledge of agriculture could be converted to different generations, this made it possible to stay in one place and establish settlements.
- Produce more food than is needed to feed everyone, so not everyone has to constantly arrange food.
- This allows a community in which different people fulfill different roles, where higher ranked individuals have time.