Siegal, M;
Varley, R;
(2008)
If we could talk to the animals.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 31
(2)
146 - 147.
10.1017/S0140525X08003725.
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Abstract
The thesis of discontinuity between humans and nonhumans requires evidence from formal reasoning tasks that rules out solutions based on associative strategies. However, insightful problem solving can be often credited through talking to humans, but not to nonhumans. We note the paradox of assuming that reasoning is orthogonal to language and enculturation while employing the criterion of using language to compare what humans and nonhumans know.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | If we could talk to the animals |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X08003725 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08003725 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 Cambridge University Press |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1339166 |
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