{"product_id":"language-rafael-pintos-lzepez-9781764094566","title":"Language: from Sentience to Cognition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe debate over consciousness has lasted decades and there is no end in sight. Or is there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the field of human knowledge, the way forward has always necessitated a challenge to orthodoxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscovery is finding new ways. That is what this book attempts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers may appear strange, some may be difficult to accept; but they have all been hidden in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman consciousness has two discrete components: sentience and cognition. Sentience is a quantum system. Complex thought is a byproduct of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCognition is complex because language is productive. It produces infinite concepts from finite resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToddlers are taught language because language is cultural, not natural. They cannot learn it by themselves. We are born cute, but not quite human. We become human with language and culture. Language is the gel that binds humanity together. We cannot live without it or be human without it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumanity has become a superorganism that has taken over the planet.\u003c\/p\u003eIt is hard to accept. We think of ourselves as individuals but cannot live alone. We are like termites in a huge mound: the world.Tens of thousands of years ago, something unique took place that would forever change everything on Earth. Hominins had begun a long process, grunting and yelling. Towards the end of the process, human individuals were exchanging complex information using recursive language. At some point along the line, things had changed. What started as something natural had gradually become artificial, meta-evolutionary. Hominins had created language and language had created humanity.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafael Pintos-López\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764094565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764094566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafael Pintos-Lopez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.42d","brand":"Rafael Pintos-López","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520113848575,"sku":"9781764094566","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f94e7a5a-11d9-40cd-85bb-f4a43a699f47.jpg?v=1778740831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/language-rafael-pintos-lzepez-9781764094566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}