Ebonics

n. see Black English. [a blend of the words ebony and phonics, coined by U.S. psychologist Robert Lee Williams II (1930– ) at a 1973 conference of Black scholars, “Cognitive and Language Development of the Black Child”]

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September 17th 2024

philosophy of mind

the branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the nature and functioning of mind and consciousness and the relationship of mind and mental activity to brain and body and to the external world (see mind–body problem). It is deeply concerned with the relationships among language, thought, and action.