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Taking symbols for granted? Is the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds the product of external symbol systems?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2008
Abstract
The target article provides a convincing argument that nonhuman animals cannot process role-governed rules, relational schemas, and so on, in a human-like fashion. However, actual human performance is often more similar to that of nonhuman animals than Penn et al. admit. The kind of rule-governed performance the authors take for granted may rely to a substantial degree on language on external symbol systems such as those provided by language and culture.
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