Thought Without Language
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weiskrantz, L. / Weiskrantz, Lawrence, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Does thought depend crucially on language, as some philosophers maintain, or can abstract reasoning and oong>theong>r faculties exist in ong>theong> absence ong>ofong> language? This voume, based on a Fyssen Foundation symposium held in Versailles in April , addresses this crucial ong>questionong> in a new way, bringing togeong>theong>r experts on non-verbal thinking in adults, in pre-linguistic infants, and in animals. ong>Theong> nineteen chapters, discussion and editorial comment represent an impressive body ong>ofong> material, shedding new light on many aspects ong>ofong> ong>theong> problem. Topics covered include ong>theong> role ong>ofong> ong>theong> non-verbal right cerebral hemisphere in humans; ong>theong> investigation ong>ofong> non-verbal aspects ong>ofong> various categories ong>ofong> cognition (such as abstract reasoning, spatial awareness, and pattern recognition); evidence for cognition without concious awareness; and neurological and developmental evidence. ong>Theong> concluding chapter is a personal account by a gifted but dyslexic maong>theong>matician ong>ofong> ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> his handicap and ong>theong> non-vebal reasoning that he has developed to cope with this. various