Does language make us uniquely human? | Ray Tallis, Joanna Kavenna and Jennifer Ackerman
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Relationship Between Language and Consciousness
We begin by looking at language itself before we explore the issue of the relationship with a anmos. I and thank thank all of you for such clear positions that you've laid out. You'reall agreed thata, human language is immensely powerful as a tol of communication. But is it? Is it more than a tool for communication? Is it also the basis of consciousness, or experience itself? It seems to be language, and the ability to use language must be down stream of being conscious. The intentionality of language is derive from that basic intentionality of consciousness.
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