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Stephen Pinker - Language and Consciousness

Stephen Pinker - Language and Consciousness

4 Episodes

This is a special two-hour, four-part InnerWork program featuring one of the most insightful minds we have ever encountered.

Part I: Are our thoughts shaped by the language we use?

Part II: How We Understand Language

Part III: The Evolution of Language

Part IV: Consciousness and Cognition.

Stephen Pinker, Ph.D., is professor and director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is author of Visual Cognition and The Language Instinct.

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Stephen Pinker - Language and Consciousness

4 Episodes

  • Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 1
    27:23
    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 1
    Episode 1

    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 1

    Episode 1

    This is a special two-hour, four-part InnerWork program featuring one of the most insightful minds we have ever encountered.

    Part I: Are our thoughts shaped by the language we use?

    Part II: How We Understand Language

    Part III: The Evolution of Language

    Part IV: Consciousness and Cognition.

    S...

  • Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 2
    27:25
    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 2
    Episode 2

    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 2

    Episode 2

    This is a special two-hour, four-part InnerWork program featuring one of the most insightful minds we have ever encountered.

    Part I: Are our thoughts shaped by the language we use?

    Part II: How We Understand Language

    Part III: The Evolution of Language

    Part IV: Consciousness and Cognition.

    S...

  • Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 3
    27:30
    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 3
    Episode 3

    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 3

    Episode 3

    This is a special two-hour, four-part InnerWork program featuring one of the most insightful minds we have ever encountered.

    Part I: Are our thoughts shaped by the language we use?

    Part II: How We Understand Language

    Part III: The Evolution of Language

    Part IV: Consciousness and Cognition.

    S...

  • Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 4
    27:32
    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 4
    Episode 4

    Pinker, Stephen - Language and Consciousness 4

    Episode 4

    This is a special two-hour, four-part InnerWork program featuring one of the most insightful minds we have ever encountered.

    Part I: Are our thoughts shaped by the language we use?

    Part II: How We Understand Language

    Part III: The Evolution of Language

    Part IV: Consciousness and Cognition.

    S...

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