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Many great opportunities to compare notes & have a good time, at events bringing together young people who stutter from across Europe
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: My Story as a Stutterer: Handout from talk at Nordic Seminar, Tallinn, Sept. 1, 2018 At the current post, I’d like to share a few notes about the international scene as it relates to the lives and experiences of people who stutter. In years past, pretty well all of my […]
‘Of course, bold socialists intent on destroying rather than reforming capitalism have brought about some rather unpleasant historical outcomes’ – Aug. 2, 2018 Atlantic Monthly article
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan PillAn Aug. 2, 2018 Atlantic Monthly article is entitled: “The Hunger for a Bold Socialism: The political preferences of two college professors, writing in a prominent leftist journal, are informed by the belief that ‘making people’s lives materially better isn’t enough.’” An excerpt from the article reads: “Of course, bold socialists intent on destroying rather […]
Conceptual metaphor theory seeks to explain how abstract conceptualization works
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillAt a previous post I’ve discussed Mark Johnson’s overview of a theory related to the concept of an embodied mind. I began by highlighting the first paragraph of the third chapter of Embodied Mind, Meaning, and Reason (2017). Later in the same chapter, the authors offer an overview of the role of metaphors in the […]