

Does language make us uniquely human? | Ray Tallis, Joanna Kavenna and Jennifer Ackerman
Nov 9, 2021
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Is Human Language Special?
02:44 • 4min
Human Language and the Consciousness of Language
06:35 • 3min
Human Language Is Unique
09:46 • 4min
The Relationship Between Language and Consciousness
13:19 • 2min
The Use of Language
15:21 • 1min
Is Silence the Most Dignified Escape Out of Language?
16:50 • 2min
Is There Anything Outside of Language?
18:33 • 1min
Is Language the Very Structure of Thought?
20:03 • 4min
Is There a Consciousness Without Language?
24:30 • 2min
We're Not a Really Capable of Entering the Minds of Other Creatures
26:41 • 2min
The Language of Birds
28:45 • 2min
The Killjoys Deny It, but It's All Mechanism
30:48 • 2min
Thea Theaed Ra, What Is It?
32:26 • 2min
Consciousness Without Language
34:29 • 2min
Is There Something Fundamentally Problematic About Animal Language?
36:03 • 4min
The Subjective Experience of Trees
40:08 • 2min
Are You a Brotnol Kiljoy?
42:13 • 3min