News & AnnouncementsNovember 4, 2021UPDATES 2021I have reduced my travel plans, as well as my social media presence in order to concentrate on two major projects that see my…
Dark Matter of the MindDecember 19, 2016A discussion of “Understanding Recursion and Looking for Self-Embedding in Pirahã”A discussion of Understanding Recursion and Looking for Self-Embedding in Pirahã, by Raiane Oliveira Salles, Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/26480/26480.PDF In the…
News & AnnouncementsOctober 19, 2016Talk the Talk PodcastAn interview in which I discuss serious problems with the very concept of Universal Grammar. Listen Now: (more…)
Dark Matter of the MindOctober 4, 2016Who’s afraid of the big bad Wolfe? Apparently everyone.Gibberish meets Wolfe: Recursion is Just a State of Mind Tom Wolfe’s new book, The Kingdom of Speech, continues to be the object of…
Dark Matter of the MindAugust 25, 2016How Language BeganMy newest book, after Dark Matter of the Mind, is called How Language Began: the Story of Humanity’s Greatest Invention (due out in Spring…
News & AnnouncementsJuly 18, 2016The Kingdom of Speech/Tom WolfeIn August 2016, author Tom Wolfe published a book , The Kingdom of Speech, in which he discusses the work of four major figures…
News & AnnouncementsJuly 14, 2016BlessidI have been listed as a producer on Blessid, a local indie film. It is a suspense drama about a pregnant woman who forms…
Dark Matter of the MindFebruary 16, 2016Overview of my new bookPending publication with University of Chicago press, here is the overview of my new book, Dark Matter of the Mind. “Is it in our nature to…
Dark Matter of the MindFebruary 26, 2015What would it take to show that something is an instinct?I believe that there is evidence for instincts and innate capacities in all creatures. But I believe that the evidence presented is often weak.…
Dark Matter of the MindFebruary 21, 2015Homesigns: Excerpt from Dark Matter of the MindSo far, we have seen nothing in grammar, gestures, or other aspects of language that would lead us to believe that anything needs to…
Dark Matter of the MindFebruary 21, 2015Out of AfricaWe are all out of Africa. But does this hold true of Homo sapiens or only our earlier ancestors, such as Homo erectus? In…
Dark Matter of the MindFebruary 20, 2015Chomskyan vs. Greenbergian UniversalsNow that my latest book, Dark Matter of the Mind: A Culturally Articulated Conception of the Unconscious, has been sent to the publisher, I…