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Teaching unleashes expression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2023

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Peter Gärdenfors*
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Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Lund University, LUX, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa.
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Abstract

I propose that the evolution of teaching has been central in extending manipulative intentions. Demonstrating may be the evolutionarily first form of expression that is productive, ostensive, and involves informative intention. Demonstration also involves theory of mind. Then pantomime goes a step further and involves a communicative intention. Pantomime can thereby function as displaced communication used for more complex expressions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e9
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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