What is the cognitive revolution and what are its consequences on the nature and development of human civilization/society? What role does language play in the development of human community? There are two main functions of language, as descriptive of the world and as creative. Explain these two functions and explain who they create two different types of communities. On p. 25 the author speaks of the “Legend of Peugeot.” What is this story about, what does it illustrate and how is it applicable to the formation of human community? On p. 102 the author talks of an “imagined order” and at other times of “fictions” “mental constructs”, “myths” “legends”, even “legal constructs. What are these things in your own words? What role do they play in human society? Can we have human society without them? To sum up, based on what the author has argued, what are some of the definitive elements separate humans from other animals in terms of the size and nature of the communities we are able to form. How are our communities different?
