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Language’ role in enabling abstract, logical thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

James A. Hampton
James A. Hampton
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, City University (London), London EC1V OHB, [email protected] http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/hampton
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Abstract

Carruthers’ thesis is undermined on the one hand by examples of integration of output from domain-specific modules that are independent of language, and on the other hand by examples of linguistically represented thoughts that are unable to integrate different domain-specific knowledge into a coherent whole. I propose a more traditional role for language in thought as providing the basis for the cultural development and transmission of domain-general abstract knowledge and reasoning skills.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 688
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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