by Ralph Lewis | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorised
Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives coherence, identity, and purpose.
by Ralph Lewis | Feb 3, 2026 | Uncategorised
Meaning doesn’t stay inside individual brains. Shared attention and language allow meaning to become symbolic, social, and cumulative.
by Ralph Lewis | Jan 26, 2026 | Uncategorised
How do electrical signals become “about” something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity into meanings that shape perception and action.
by Ralph Lewis | Jan 15, 2026 | Uncategorised
Information pervades the universe, yet means nothing. Meaning emerged when matter organized into systems that could fail—systems with goals and stakes in their own survival.
by Ralph Lewis | Oct 14, 2025 | Uncategorised
Pinker’s new book reveals how recursive mentalizing—thinking about thinking—may be the hidden engine of human life, from social norms to consciousness.
by Ralph Lewis | Oct 3, 2025 | Uncategorised
AI can process information extremely impressively, but can it truly understand, learn, or think?
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