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    Essay: THE WRITING EFFECT
    Essay: THE WRITING EFFECT
    Essay: THE WRITING EFFECT
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    Essay: THE WRITING EFFECT

    By Karol Bojnowski

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    Thanks to scientists like Dr. John Searle, Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language at University of California- Berkeley, some key points about us Homo sapiens have been established. These points are rather remarkable. It turns out that the big step between civilization and more primitive forms of human society is written language. He says writing constitutes civilization. It is the infrastructure of civilization itself. Writing is a virtual reality environment for the human mind. The key word is virtual. It has affected who we are, how we think, how we remember, how we organize. We aren’t born with it. Homo sapiens must learn how to live as civilized human beings. Advanced forms of civilization, such as killing others because we disagree with them, marriage, or becoming a newspaper editor, are only possible because of written language. Written language shapes our cognition. What does this mean?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKarol Bojnowski
    Release dateSep 13, 2011
    ISBN9781466047587
    Essay: THE WRITING EFFECT
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    Karol Bojnowski

    A holistic physician turned writer, Karol Bojnowski was born in Montreal to war refugee parents. He grew up in South Africa during apartheid. He is motivated by a sense of justice and a deep love of nature. His shoestring adventures span dozens of countries around the globe. His wildest whim was sailing across the North Pacific, having never spent a night at sea. He and his wife live in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California.

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