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This volume is an exploration of human understanding, from the perspectives of psychology, philosophy, biology and theology. The six contributors are among the most internationally eminent in their fields. Though scholarly, the writing is non-technical. No background in psychology, philosophy or theology is presumed. No other interdisciplinary work has undertaken to explore the nature of human...

* P. N. Johnson-Laird The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously remarked: ‘the limits of my language are the limits of my world’ (Wittgenstein 1922: 5.6). This view has something to recommend it, because knowledge has to be expressed in language. Yet, for a psychologist such as the present author, it is odd. Language is not a fixed enterprise. It develops and changes from day to day both in individuals and in society. And individuals can understand more than they
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