?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Thinking+in+language%3F%3A+evolution+and+a+modularist+possibility&rft.creator=Carruthers%2C+Peter&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=This+chapter+argues+that+our+language+faculty+can+both+be+a+peripheral+module+of+the+mind+and+be+crucially+implicated+in+a+variety+of+central+cognitive+functions%2C+including+conscious+propositional+thinking+and+reasoning.+I+also+sketch+arguments+for+the+view+that+natural+language+representations+(e.g.+of+Chomsky's+Logical+Form%2C+or+LF)+might+serve+as+a+lingua+franca+for+interactions+(both+conscious+and+non-conscious)+between+a+number+of+quasi-modular+central+systems.+The+ideas+presented+are+compared+and+contrasted+with+the+evolutionary+proposals+made+by+Derek+Bickerton+(1990%2C+1995)%2C+who+has+also+argued+for+the+involvement+of+language+in+thought.+Finally%2C+I+propose+that+it+was+the+evolution+of+a+mechanism+responsible+for+pretend+play%2C+circa+40%2C000+years+ago%2C+which+led+to+the+explosion+of+creative+culture+visible+in+the+fossil+record+from+that+time+onwards.&rft.publisher=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.contributor=Carruthers%2C+Peter&rft.contributor=Boucher%2C+Jill&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1202%2F1%2FModule~1.htm&rft.identifier=++Carruthers%2C+Peter++(1998)+Thinking+in+language%3F%3A+evolution+and+a+modularist+possibility.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1202%2F