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Why Can You Name a Color but Not a Smell? — What Maniq Reveals About the Language of Perception
Language as a Way of Thinking
Tymur Levitin
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30.10.2026
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15 min read
Why Can You Name a Color but Not a Smell? — What Maniq Reveals About the Language of Perception
What is difficult to name in one language may be an ordinary distinction in another. Look at something red. Now name its color. Red. You do not need to say: the color of blood. You do not normally search your memory for a red object and then describe the color through that object. English gives […]
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