New Books in Language

The Evolution of Language

Mar 11, 2023

37:04

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Limits of Language

4min

The Philosophy of Mind

4min

The Mysteries of Nature

2min

The Problem With Invasive Experiments in Language

3min

The Limits of the Hard Science

3min

The Role of Food in Evolution

3min

The Mystery of Evolution

3min

The Evolution of Cognition

3min

10.

The Variability of Life Forms

3min

11.

The Evolution of Language

4min

12.

The Illusion of Work

3min

Samuel Jay Keyser, Editor-in-Chief of Linguistic Inquiry, has shared a campus with Noam Chomsky for 40-odd years via MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. The two colleagues sat down in Mr. Chomsky's office to discuss ideas on language evolution and the human capacity for understanding the complexities of the universe. The unedited conversation was recorded on September 11, 2009.

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