?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Proposal+for+a+shared+evolutionary+nature+of+language+and+consciousness+&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=It++is++pretty++obvious++that++language++and++human++consciousness++entertain++tight++relations.++We+%0D%0Acould+not+really+be+conscious+of+ourselves+without+the+possibility+to+say+%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%9D+or+%E2%80%9Cme%E2%80%9D.+And+language+%0D%0Ais++a++key++contributor++in++our++capability++to++identify++ourselves++as++conscious++entities++existing++in++the+%0D%0Aenvironment.++But++the++relations++linking++language++and++consciousness++are++complex++and++difficult++to+%0D%0Aanalyze.++Evolutionary++origins++of++language++are++unknown++as++no++fossil++traces++have++been++left++by++our+%0D%0Aancestors.+Sciences+of+consciousness+however+begin+to+make+available+some+possible+evolutionary+%0D%0Ascenarios+about+the+nature+of+human+consciousness.+%0D%0A++We++want++here++to++propose++a++link++between++language++and++consciousness++by++using++such++an+%0D%0Aevolutionary+scenario+and+also+introduce+the+usage+of+a+systemic+approach+to+meaning+generation.+%0D%0AIn+the+first+part+of+the+presentation+we+will+use+an+existing+scenario+about+the+evolutionary+nature+of+%0D%0Aself-consciousness+where+the+development+of+language+has+a+role+(1).+We+will+highlight+this+role+in+%0D%0Aorder++to++identify++language++and++self-consciousness++as++inter-dependant++in++their++nature++through++a+%0D%0Apossible+common+evolutionary+origin.+Self-consciousness+and+language+could+then+be+considered+as+%0D%0Atightly+inter-dependant+through+a+common+build+up+of+human+nature+during+evolution.+%0D%0A++The++scenario++presents++an++evolutionary++nature++of++self-consciousness++as++resulting++of++the+%0D%0Acapability++for++pre-human++primates++to++identify++with++their++conspecifics++(1%2C++2).+The++conspecifics++are+%0D%0Arepresented+as+existing+in+the+environment%2C+and+such+identification+brought+our+pre-human+ancestors+%0D%0Ato+consider+themselves+as+also+existing+in+the+environment.+The+scenario+takes+this+event+as+being+a+%0D%0Afirst++step++for++a++conscious++self-representation++within++pre-human++primates%2C++which++progressively+%0D%0Aevolved+toward+our+today+human+consciousness+(3).+%0D%0A++But+such+identification+with+conspecifics+was+not+for+free+at+times+of+survival+of+the+fittest.+%0D%0AIdentifying+with+conspecifics+meant+for+our+pre-human+ancestor+to+also+identify+with+their+sufferings+%0D%0Aor+encountered+dangers.+These+came+in+addition+to+the+dangers+or+sufferings+naturally+encountered+%0D%0Aand+created+a+significant+anxiety+increase+(1).+%0D%0A++The++resulting++level++of++anxiety++had++to++be++limited.++One++possibility++for++that++was++to++develop+%0D%0Apsychological+or+physical+tools+that+could+have+reduced+the+risks+of+occurrences+and+developments+%0D%0Aof++such++dangers++and++sufferings.++Among++these++tools++is++the++performance++of++language++which++can+%0D%0Ainduces++significant++evolutionary++advantages.++We++will++propose++a++first++scheme++about++how++these+%0D%0Aevolutionary++advantages++could++have++reduced++the++dangers++and++sufferings++encountered++by++our++pre-%0D%0Ahuman+ancestors.+We+will+also+show+how+the+development+of+language+produced+by+itself+a+positive+%0D%0Afeedback+on+the+development+of+inter-subjectivity+in+the+evolutionary+scenario%2C+and+so+participated+%0D%0Adirectly+to+the+development+of+human+consciousness.+%0D%0A++Other+evolutionary+advantages+have+existed+like+the+development+of+imitation+and+synergy+%0D%0Athrough+experience+(4).++Language+played+a+role++there+also%2C+and+has+to+be+taken+into+account.+The+%0D%0Asecond+part+of+the+presentation+will+propose+the+usage+of+an+existing+systemic+approach+to+meaning+%0D%0Ageneration+in+terms+of+constraints+satisfaction+(5%2C+6).+Constraints+for+pre-human+primates%2C+ranging+%0D%0Afrom++a++basic++%E2%80%9Cstay++alive%E2%80%9D++to++highly++elaborated++%E2%80%9Climit++anxiety%E2%80%9D%2C++were++source++of++multiple++meaning+%0D%0Agenerations+in+which+language+has+played+(and+still+plays)+a+key+role.+Several+continuations+will+be+%0D%0Aproposed+linked+to+the+here+above+thread+on+a+co-evolutions+of+language+and+human+consciousness%2C+%0D%0Aas+based+on+the+evolutionary+scenario.+&rft.date=2010-10-12&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7067%2F1%2FC.Menant-St.Petersburg-Presentation_20101016145653.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe++(2010)+Proposal+for+a+shared+evolutionary+nature+of+language+and+consciousness.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7067%2F