Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool making, and w

Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool making, and w

The words we speak have power. Often the consequences of our careless words are far reaching and eternal. At one time or another we all have experienced saying

Can normative words like 'good', 'ought', and 'reason' be defined in non-normative terms? Stephen Finlay argues that they can, advancing a new theory of the mea

The author "presents the latest and most controversial research from the origins of language itself to the way the human brain makes and stores it, as well as h