Language as Kluge

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dc.contributor.authorMarcus, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-08T21:42:15Z
dc.date.available2010-04-08T21:42:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-06
dc.description01 hr 09 minen
dc.description.abstractThe idea of humans as rational and optimal creatures is making a comeback. But Gary Marcus, psychology professor and director of the NYU Center for Child Language, delivers the 80th Annual James Arthur Lecture during which he argues that the mind in general, and language in particular, might be better seen as what engineers call a kluge: clumsy and inelegant, but still remarkably effective.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/6055
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJames Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 80, 2010en
dc.titleLanguage as Klugeen
dc.typeRecording, oralen

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