Language and the Ineffable

The prevailing conception of language is often called "the received view." Though ubiquitous, Louis S. Berger demonstrates its flaws and the difficulties it raises for other disciplines, such as philosophy and physics. In Language and the Ineffable, Berger develops an unconventional model of human development: ontogenesis. A radical and generative feature of the model is the premise that the neonate's world is holistic, boundary-less, unimaginable, and impossible to describe; in other words, ineffable. This study unsettles the foundations of sacrosanct beliefs about language and a host of other disciplines in the process.

Louis S. Berger is a clinical psychologist and a former assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter One. Background and Rationale Chapter 3 Chapter Two. The Received View of Language Chapter 4 Chapter Three. Varieties of Ineffability Chapter 5 Chapter Four. Ontogenesis, Nonduality, First Language Acquisition Chapter 6 Chapter Five. What Language Is and Does: The Tier 1 Framework Chapter 7 Chapter Six. Application 1: Psychiatry, General-Experimental Psychology, Psychotherapy Chapter 8 Chapter Seven. Application 2: Logic, Mathematics Chapter 9 Postlude