Does language make us uniquely human? | Ray Tallis, Joanna Kavenna and Jennifer Ackerman
Philosophy For Our Times
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Are You a Brotnol Kiljoy?
Pile use of toolsn is very impressive, and the fact that it is taught and it is inherited. But what's missing is the general principle behind the tools. And i'm not convinced that just because we don't have the rosetta stone for the languages or the capabilities of other creatures, that they don't exist. I mean, why should we assume that there's less going on, rather than more? It's not that we're assuming they have humanlike behavior. Is it possibly more complex than we thought? You're very simple. Im ye el, i'm afraid that's whalt we've got time for.
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