Ever since John Locke described a child's mind as like a blank slate philosophers have been debating the question of whether or not we have some kind of innate ability to learn language and a universal grammar that all languages share. has extensive knowledge of the Piraha, an Amazonian people with a very unusual language (there are approximately 700 speakers of Piraha - ),Air Max 90,Crikey Moses. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses the wider conclusions that he believes can be drawn from the Piraha language. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the This episode was recorded at Googleplex at . r