In its most basic form, linguistics is the scientific study of language. The field of linguistics is typically broken down into different sub-branches that cover everything from the origin and evolution of language to the way our brains process sound. What’s more, these branches are constantly evolving in response to new discoveries about how humans […]
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The Elsevier-owned preprint repository has accepted two of our papers and selected one of them, ‘The nature of kinship‘, for their cognitive psychology eJournal. We are very happy about this decision, as our work will be freely available to a large audience for free, encouraging connections across disciplines. Rather than just picking from the tree […]
Social Destructionism
Psychosis and the limits of dialogue:
We introduce a view of mental illness as a conflict with society.
Psychiatry also reflects a conflict between worldviews.
The existence of ‘society’ is questionable.
Therefore, we should understand those who cannot adapt to it.
The Nature of Kinship
From dad and mum to god and society:
Kin terms appear to be a language universal.
They are transmitted through child-directed speech.
They conflate natural concepts and social concepts in our minds.
They are the moral essence of human cultural evolution.
Children’s Pretence
A scientific perspective on social reality:
We illustrate how scientists confuse society with nature.
Institutions are fundamentally like children’s pretend play.
The moral nature of language makes that social reality appear objective.
We propose a definition of morality as a linguistic cognitive conflation.