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Interlude XXIX - The Social Tongue: Language as Alignment and Power
In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey continues the Language Arc by examining one of the most consequential ideas in cognitive science, philosophy, and anthropology: language does not merely describe reality. It actively participates in shaping it.
Drawing from research in linguistics, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, this episode explores how grammatical structure, metaphor, and symbolic framing influence perception, memory, emotion, and moral judgment. From the way tense alters our experience of time, to how metaphor organizes political and personal belief, language emerges as an…
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