The biolinguistic thesis states that language is a biological system internal to an individual of the species Homo sapiens sapiens for generating structured linguistic expressions over a potentially unbounded range; the design of the system is determined by a genetic endowment, external stimuli, and natural laws. With such an expansive scope, the thesis can be thoroughly explored only through interdisciplinary enterprises—the organization of which is the desideratum of the Cambridge Biolinguistics Initiative (CBI). We welcome you to participate in this most exciting endeavor. (Continue this manifesto.)

06 March 2011

Meeting Monday 7 March (5:00PM)

With many thanks to Professor Steven Pinker for attending CBI virtually on Monday 28 February,  we will reconvene on Monday 7 March (5:00PM in King's College (F6)) to continue our discussion of his work by reading a review of The Blank Slate (essay/lecture).  The review was written by Professor Simon Blackburn, our guest on 14 March.  We are abstracting from language in particular to theories of the mind in general.
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