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Terrence W. Deacon on Comparisons - Dictionary of Arguments
I 34 Comparison/comparability/species/skills/human/animals/Deacon: in terms of language, the human cannot be compared to other species because no other earthly species has developed something like language to an even rudimentary extent. >Animals, >Animal language. On the other hand, an order could be established in relation to other characteristics such as brain size, group size, etc.. In any case, these characteristics occur independently of language. >Brain/Deacon, >Language/Deacon, >Comparability, >Abilities._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Dea I T. W. Deacon The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of language and the Brain New York 1998 Dea II Terrence W. Deacon Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter New York 2013 |
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