Languages are communication tools and if one has the ability to communicate with that language then by all means and purposes that person has an understanding of the language. Chinese just like any other language is a means to communicate what we already know in our mind to other people. John using the instruction was able to communicate with someone outside the room in Chinese. To be able to communicate suggests that he already has a prior understanding of what he means to communicate he simply requires a tool to do so. The instructions in that room was John’s tool and he was able to communicate with someone outside giving him the so called perception of understanding. If communication is a means of perceiving what is in someone else’s head, then perception of understanding is all that a language is meant to actually accomplish. An understanding of the words themselves is taught to John by himself through the instructions given to
Languages are communication tools and if one has the ability to communicate with that language then by all means and purposes that person has an understanding of the language. Chinese just like any other language is a means to communicate what we already know in our mind to other people. John using the instruction was able to communicate with someone outside the room in Chinese. To be able to communicate suggests that he already has a prior understanding of what he means to communicate he simply requires a tool to do so. The instructions in that room was John’s tool and he was able to communicate with someone outside giving him the so called perception of understanding. If communication is a means of perceiving what is in someone else’s head, then perception of understanding is all that a language is meant to actually accomplish. An understanding of the words themselves is taught to John by himself through the instructions given to