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The Recursive Mind : The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization
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The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization, is a fascinating and well-grounded exposition of the nature and power of recursion. In its ultra-reasonable way, this is quite a revolutionary book because it attacks key notions about language and thought. Most notably, it disputes the idea, argued especially by linguist Noam Chomsky, that thought is fundamentally linguistic--in other words, you need language before you can have thoughts.---Liz Else, New Scientist
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- ISBN-13: 9780691145471
- ISBN-10: 0691145474
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publish Date: May 2011
- Dimensions: 9.23 x 6.47 x 0.98 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.32 pounds
- Page Count: 304
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