Does language make us uniquely human? | Ray Tallis, Joanna Kavenna and Jennifer Ackerman
Philosophy For Our Times
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Is Human Language Special?
Each panelist will address the question, is human language special or just one of many forms of communication? We're trying to talk about a system within the system itself, so we can't really get an objective view of it. Our consciousness coevolves with our acquisition of language. And i don't know if that cetatian feels like becket at the end, that they've sort of failed and got to try harder next time. I'm really interested in cetacians interested in the moving story of nome of nim chimsky e,. The chimpanzee who acquired all sorts of words e, and was apparently able to ask for a spliff.
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