black tailed prairie dog Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 2, 2017 CategoriesLife SciencesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , communication, designators, prairie dogs, signal, Tom Wolfe Prairie Dogs Are Cute, But Can They Talk? Michael Egnor June 2, 2017 Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 There is no doubt that prairie dogs (and many animals) are quite clever. In some ways, animals can be cleverer than men. Read More ›
prairie dog Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 17, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismLife SciencesLinguisticsScience Reporting Tagged , __cedited, Dogs, New York Times, prairie dogs, Tom Wolfe Dogs Communicate, So Do Prairie Dogs – So? David Klinghoffer May 17, 2017 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Linguistics, Science Reporting 3 It’s all in the spin, isn’t it? Chirping chipmunks – sorry, prairie dogs – knock down the “the last bastion encircling human exceptionalism." Read More ›
image Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 6, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __cedited, books, Denton, Fire-Maker, science, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, video New Book by Michael Denton, Fire-Maker, Is the Perfect Companion to Tom Wolfe’s Kingdom of Speech David Klinghoffer September 6, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 3 Fire-making and spoken language are the two artifacts of human culture that, more than any other, have made civilization possible. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, language, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Western civilization Tom Wolfe: Human Exceptionalist Wesley J. Smith September 1, 2016 Bioethics 3 The ubiquitous attacks on human exceptionalism are one of the current age's worst decadent tendencies. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thinking, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human nature, meaning, purposefulness, qualia, signals, speech, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Why Does Man Have Language? Michael Egnor September 1, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else. Read More ›
image Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, disguised religion, human exceptionalism, human language, scientific credibility, Tom Wolfe New York Times: “Darwinism Be Damned” David Klinghoffer September 1, 2016 Evolution 4 Make no mistake, Tom Wolfe's book is a big, big deal in the evolution debate. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 31, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, behaviorism, communication, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human language, immaterial mind, language, language organ, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, universals, words Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution Michael Egnor August 31, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 6 I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett's claim. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 30, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, human language, linguists, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble David Klinghoffer August 30, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology 8 Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life. Read More ›