Re: 2 new messages in 1 topic - digest

[Bill Barbiaux]

Well, it's been so long since I read it I can't remember many details.  I do know I was impressed by the breadth and depth of supporting evolutionary theory and neurobiology, and it convinced me of the more general purpose cortex rather than specific language modules.  I think I was reading Pinker's The Language Instinct around the same time.  I preferred that Deacon's ideas had to be neurobiologically plausible.  But rather than an ill-remembered summary from me, you might want to read some of the reviews on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0393317544/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Bill

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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 20 2008 7:48 pm
From: Bill Barbiaux


Has anyone read "The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language
and the Brain" by Terrence
Deacon?

Until I'd read On Intelligence a few years ago, The Symbolic Species
was the book I felt had the most intriguing views on the brain,
thought, language, etc. It certainly provoked my thinking the most.
Deacon looks at the problem from a strong evolutionary perspective
with a wide range of supporting knowledge.

Somehow my copy disappeared, so I need to pick-up another and reread
it in an HTM light.

Bill



== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 21 2008 3:48 pm
From: "Fred K."


I have the book, I don't think I ever finished it. What did you find
so intriguing in it?

Fred K.
Cebu City

On Jul 21, 10:48 am, Bill Barbiaux <billbarbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone read "The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language
> and the Brain" by Terrence
> Deacon?
>
> Until I'd read On Intelligence a few years ago, The Symbolic Species
> was the book I felt had the most intriguing views on the brain,
> thought, language, etc. It certainly provoked my thinking the most.
> Deacon looks at the problem from a strong evolutionary perspective
> with a wide range of supporting knowledge.
>
> Somehow my copy disappeared, so I need to pick-up another and reread
> it in an HTM light.
>
> Bill



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