What is a human being? This question
has long been a major theme of the humanities. However,
new light can be shed on this old question by addressing it within the
natural sciences. The aim of this COE project is an integrative
cross-disciplinary study of the human mind and human language, a study
which is expected to provide a central part of the answer to this
question. The areas covered will include cognitive science,
linguistics, evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary psychology,
genetics, pediatrics, and information science. The project will try to
develop a
thorough understanding of the mechanisms, functions, development, and
evolution of the human mind and human language, with an ultimate goal
of developing a new integrative science of the human being..
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