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#317 - What Do We Know About Our Minds?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Unreality of Language in Primates

I'm sure it's apocryphal, but apparently Descartes would attend vivisection of living dogs. I think a word could call attention to a concept and maybe repeated use of a word could form a concept. More likely, you hear the word may used to refer to a variety of situations, you kind of suss out what it has in common. The field is a bit torn about this. Do you have an opinion about what was happening there?

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