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The spatial reorientation data do not support the thesis that language is the medium of cross-modular thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Richard Samuels
Richard Samuels
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, King’ College, Strand, London, UKrichard.samuels@kcl.ac.uk
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Abstract

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A central claim of the target article is that language is the medium of domain-general, cross-modular thought; and according to Carruthers, the main, direct evidence for this thesis comes from a series of fascinating studies on spatial reorientation. I argue that the these studies, in fact, provide us with no reason whatsoever to accept this cognitive conception of language.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 697 - 698
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press