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If so, provide a copy to Pangram’s CEO, who has offered a bounty for any long form text from before…
Hurlburt has a pretty cool answer to your question. You think that conscious thought requires ‘inner speech’. This is because…
Can I ask a question which seems pertinent? What does it mean to engage or not engage in inner speech?…
Very interesting! Here’s what Hurlburt claims in the linked video: Percentage of people who engage in ‘inner speech’ *occasionally*: ~…
Speaking as a linguist working in this area, Russell Hurlburt is very well known in the field as having pioneered…
I haven’t listened to this interview, but Hurlburt’s usual claim in print is that people engage in inner speech around…
Interested in what is known about this subject, so commenting here in order to receive your thoughts. Thanks, Brian
….for just this problem. Of course, my friends who periodically send this to me aren't thinking specifically of George W. Bush, but a phrase that, for some reason, I often had occasion to use during the appointments process in the law school. Go figure?
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