[Xmca-l] Re: units of analysis? LSV versus ANL

[Martin John Packer]

I see a difference, Huw. I just don't see the difference that the difference makes.  And ANL cannot be correct: for one thing, in various texts LSV writes about the character of consciousness in preverbal children, and of how consciousness  is transformed by the acquisition of language. This would hardly be possible if language were a necessary condition for consciousness. 

Martin

On Oct 17, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com> wrote:

> Specifically, ANL is pointing to drivers and necessary conditions.  He is
> saying that LSV considers language-ing the driver for consciousness,
> whereas ANL points to activity.  This to my reading and thinking is
> justifiably presented as a decisive difference.  It is the same as stating
> that the deed precedes the word, and that the genetic precursor is
> different to products derived from it.
>