“Philosophy is said to have taken the 'linguistic turn' in this century. One hundred years ago, a philosopher would think in terms of mind, spirit, experience, consciousness; now the by-word is language.”

— David Wood

Source: Philosophy At The Limit (1990), Chapter 2, Metaphysics and Metaphor, p. 26

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