Language, consciousness, and cross-modular thought

Frankish, Keith (2002). Language, consciousness, and cross-modular thought. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25(6) pp. 685–686.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X02340123

Abstract

Carruthers suggests that natural language, in the form of inner speech, may be the vehicle of conscious propositional thought, but he argues that its fundamental cognitive role is as the medium of cross-modular thinking, both conscious and nonconscious. I argue that there is no evidence for nonconscious cross-modular thinking and that the most plausible view is that cross-modular thinking, like conscious propositional thinking, occurs only in inner speech.

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• Item ORO ID
• 2264
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1469-1825
• Keywords
• conscious thought; cross-modular thought; modularity; nonconscious thought
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• © 2002 Cambridge University Press
• Depositing User
• Keith Frankish