In defense of language‐independent flexibility, or: What rodents and humans can do without language

IF 1.8 3区 心理学 Q1 LINGUISTICS
Mind & Language Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI:10.1111/mila.12522
Alexandre Duval
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Abstract

There are two main approaches within classical cognitive science to explaining how humans can entertain mental states that integrate contents across domains. The language‐based framework states that this ability arises from higher cognitive domain‐specific systems that combine their outputs through the language faculty, whereas the language‐independent framework holds that it comes from non‐language‐involving connections between such systems. This article turns on its head the most influential empirical argument for the language‐based framework, an argument that originates from research on spatial reorientation. I make the case that neuroscientific findings about spatial reorientation in rodents and humans bolster the language‐independent framework instead.
为不依赖语言的灵活性辩护,或者说:啮齿动物和人类在没有语言的情况下能做什么
在经典认知科学中,有两种主要方法来解释人类如何能够产生整合跨领域内容的心理状态。基于语言的框架认为,这种能力来自于高级认知领域的特定系统,这些系统通过语言能力将它们的输出结合起来;而独立于语言的框架则认为,这种能力来自于这些系统之间不涉及语言的联系。本文颠覆了基于语言的框架最有影响力的实证论点,这一论点源自空间定向研究。我提出的论点是,神经科学对啮齿动物和人类空间定向的研究结果反而支持了语言无关框架。
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