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Language is not a gadget
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42 (2019)
Abstract
Heyes does well to argue that some of the apparently innate human capabilities for cultural learning can be considered in terms of more general-purpose mechanisms. In the application of this to language, she overlooks some of its most interesting properties. I review three, and then illustrate how mindreading can come from general-purpose mechanism via language.Author's Profile
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