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Canguro English
Hosted by Canguro English · EN
Canguro English presents a podcast about language for people learning languages.
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The state of modern linguistics | The Story of Language | Bonus episode
Jun 13, 202101:04:24Tap to summarizeWelcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state of modern linguistics, including the effects of the replication crisis, scientific fraud, Anglocentrism, and how the underappreciated work of Charles Sanders Peirce might offer a universal theory of how language works.
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Embodied cognition | The Story of Language | Episode 12
Jun 6, 202101:07:06Tap to summarizeWelcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we discuss embodied cognition and the uncontroversial fact that the brain is an organ of the body, which then leads to the very controversial conclusion that our brain is no more important than our skin, and that imagining the world as if you had eyes in your toes can lead to some revolutionary new thinking.
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Dark matter of the mind | The Story of Language | Episode 11
May 30, 202101:31:27Tap to summarizeWelcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we discuss the content of Dan’s book Dark Matter of the Mind, which lays out Dan’s theory of culture. The book contains bold statements as ‘brains do not learn’ and ‘science is NOT pure rational thought’, but after this conversation you might change your mind about the raw power of viewing the world from the perspective of Dark Matter.
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The cognitive revolution | The Story of Language | Episode 10
May 16, 202101:16:09Tap to summarizeWelcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the cognitive revolution, and whether the revolution really exists at all. We discuss the beginnings and the state of the art of the study of cognition and show why it’s important to celebrate all discoveries as progress, even if they are doomed to failure.
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